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Re: How Do You Know If It Works In Linux?



Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> 
> alex wrote:
> ...
> 
> > Is there something that prevents manufacturers from clearly stating that
> > a product is fully suitable for Linux?  It's done for MS Windows.  Is
> > this some kind of legal or technical issue, or is it some kind of
> > 'business arrangement'?
> >
> Fear of losing their sweet pricing deals from M$.

It probably isn't fair to leave out the fact that there are more versions
of Linux than of Windows.  If something is compatible with Linux, there
is still the question of _which_ versions (which kernel version, which
distribution, which version of a given distribution).



Daniel
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Daniel Barclay
dsb@smart.net



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