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LWN's 2013 PredictionsLWN's 2013 PredictionsPosted Jan 4, 2013 9:27 UTC (Fri) by etienne (subscriber, #25256)Parent article: LWN's 2013 Predictions
> at the mercy of BIOS developers who only really care that Windows boots properly.
It seems that for some BIOS/hardware developers, making a PC incompatible with Linux is a value-added thing: it is easier to sell because the crapware added has more value, people paying for such crapware and reducing the street price of such PC will get a better return on their investment.
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LWN's 2013 Predictions Posted Jan 5, 2013 15:30 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] The crapware comes preinstalled. When system is sold all the income from crapware is already accounted for. And most crapware creators don't really obsessed enough to give higher price to manufacturers who cripple Linux. This means that for manufacturer Linux-incompatible device is bad. It may not be "bad enough" to warrant full Q&A cycle but you may be sure that nobody intentionally cripples Linux: all the cases I've seen so far are easily explained by sloppiness, not malice.
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