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May 25th 2009 8:32PM eh, I think you're a troll Bryan, but its a nice lazy holiday in the states today so here we go.
By "the fact it only supported windows" what I actually ment was that the OQO company only supported .... and here it comes ... windows.
It isn't that I managed to get Linux running on my Sega Dreamcast or installed OSX on some generic netbook, its that the corporation formerly known as OQO never put forth any effort into providing support in any way for Linux to run on the OQO device.
If this isn't yet clear for you, and I doubt it is, what I'm talking about with respect to support is something like Nvidia, who actually makes drivers for Linux, or select models of Lenovo's Thinkpad line that come pre-installed with it. ASUS and Nokia and Acer and MSI who release netbooks with Linux already instlaled. I would even argue the Beagle Board strives very hard to release drivers and the such for Linux on their platform, and other grassroots products like the OpenPandora. 3ware who releases good drivers and usable Linux tools for their products.
All of those products have a company behind them that puts real time and money into bettering the Linux community. A commitment to actually providing support for Linux is I'm looking for in a company when I choose to purchas their hardware. Just because its possible to drop Linux or OSX on a platform isn't enough for me, I want the company to do something other than rely on the open source community to make their product interesting to me. The company needs to contribute back, not steel from the community or their own developer's spare time.
I hope you came back and read this and got something out of it. Feel free to just insult me some more though and repeat your original statements as if I had not clearly addressed them though.
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