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Alright, BUT.

Posted Dec 7, 2005 1:58 UTC (Wed) by beoba (guest, #16942)
In reply to: Alright, BUT. by dash2
Parent article: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

What you're forgetting is that your hardware, while it may work fine in Windows right now, has a moderate probability of being broken in the future, when the manufacturer decides it's not worth the effort to maintain drivers for products that they aren't selling anymore.

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