[ Thanks to acme
for this link. ]
“The problem that we face from you, the manufacturers,
resellers, vendors, etc. is simply that you aren’t keeping pace
with our digital evolution. When I go to buy hardware now, I have
to check several places to make sure it will even work with the
systems I run. If you don’t support what I use, what possible
argument can you give that would convince me to invest my hard
earned money in your products? As a business, you should be very
interested in having me as a customer. You should be even more
interested in having millions of other computer consumers like me
as your customers.”
“You have the opportunity to make this a reality! There are
several ways you can help yourselves achieve this higher plane of
existence! I will outline them for you!”
- “Support your hardware in several operating systems….
- Open source your hardware drivers and specs….
- Ask us what we want….
- Consider working together with other manufacturers to unify the
driver model….”