On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:34:21 -0500, "SC Tom" <>
wrote:
>> To some extent I agree that would be nice, but I propose
>> instead that MS should have a compatibility mode for drivers
>> so a newer OS at the very least universally supports any
>> driver that worked on the prior OS version.
>
>But then MS would have to have a cache of all the older drivers that they
>had nothing to do with. MS didn't write them, HP, dell, etc. did.
>
No, it is ridiculous to think MS is somehow obligated to
maintain drivers. I'm completely against the idea they need
to provide any drivers at all... if somone can't get a
driver installed they aren't fit to set up a PC in the first
place, period.
>> No it certainly would not be cheaper. Remember, they
>> already had the code developed to use the existing drivers,
>> it was their choice to deviate and so it should be their
>> responsiblity to accept upon themselves the consequences.
>
>Who had the code developed? Not MS; it wasn't their hardware or drivers.
Which leads back to the central idea, that if MS doesn't
control drivers, then their best position in a *competitive*
market would be not changing code so the vast, vast amount
of drivers that exist no longer work.
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