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GNU + Linux = broken development model

GNU + Linux = broken development model

Posted Aug 1, 2009 12:05 UTC (Sat) by xilun (subscriber, #50638)
In reply to: GNU + Linux = broken development model by mikov
Parent article: A tempest in a tty pot

<quote>Microsoft at least tests all the drivers that are shipped with the OS.<quote>

Depends of what you call testing. I once tried the SB16 driver available on windows update, which was utterly broken with my SB16. The worse part being than downgrading to the old driver (which worked perfectly, my mistake on wanting to try a new one for no real reason) was a nightmare.


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