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Why Linux Failed at Walmart -- And What to Do About It (Datamation)Why Linux Failed at Walmart -- And What to Do About It (Datamation)Posted Jun 13, 2008 17:14 UTC (Fri) by larryr (guest, #4030)In reply to: Why Linux Failed at Walmart -- And What to Do About It (Datamation) by gregkh Parent article: Why Linux Failed at Walmart -- And What to Do About It (Datamation)
Anyway, yes, it's always upsetting that your specific machine is somehow not supported for one device or another, but that does not mean that Linux does not support more individual types of devices overall than another operating system. I think some people are justifiably irked by the manifest speciousness of such claims. And, if this bothers you so much, why not help to solve the problem by: telling the manufacturers of the hardware you want Linux support; working to write drivers for the hardware Complaining on a random message board gets us nowhere. And I think some people are justifiably irked by thinly veiled ad hominem retorts. And I think vacuous statements like "Linux supports more individual types of devices overall than any other operating system" do more harm than good on the whole, so complaining when statements like that are made, while perhaps not getting us anywhere, may ameliorate the insidious effects of the statements themselves, and make them less likely to become pervasive. Larry
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