NLUUG/ELCE: Embedded devices and free software

Yes, but the makers of the hardware you're running the best of breed software on probably hasn't done what the article suggest either (that is, hired a couple of developers to fix the support for their own hardware).

How many kernel developers does Lenovo employ that submits patches to reduce power consumption for their laptops? How many Apple-employees actively submit fixes to the Linux-kernel? ... You get my drift.