[olug] OT: more Hans goodness

[Luke -Jr]

On Wednesday 09 July 2008, Kevin wrote:
> Nothing whatsoever would be better? Let's look at that a little.
> Manufacturer doesn't provide driver. No one purchases component
> because the drivers don't exist. Manufacturers don't reconsider and no
> drivers get made because they don't see any money in it now. Therefore
> we end up with a chicken-and-the-egg scenario with drivers/hardware
> for Linux and buyers.

Not really. Assuming there is competition, Linux users are enough of a niche 
to be worth the business of.