Comment 1369 for bug 1

On 10/20/2010 04:41 PM, »John« wrote:
> ... not to mention they probably won't even bother if the
> particular operating system isn't used by what they believe to be enough
> of their potential customers. I guess you can see why we have a problem
> with that and every single operating system is gonna be plagued by the
> exact same problem until it reaches critical mass.

This happens with Windows as well. Why write a new driver just because
the new version of Windows doesn't work with it? With bad drivers, you
will get bit, whatever OS you run. I have a lovely PaperPort scanner
that I keep around as just such an object lesson. It only has Windows
95 drivers unless you BUY a new one for more than the cost of a scanner.
  This is not a Linux bug, but for some reason, Linux gets the blame,
and Windows and the hardware manufactures get a pass.