On 2006/10/18 09:56, ICMan wrote: > > I have read this thread, and I don't get it. Doesn't it benefit card > companies to have open source communities making their drivers better? > They get free labour, a larger source of talent, and more stable > drivers.
Why on earth would they want stable drivers? If the drivers are stable, their customers can avoid the whole software/hardware/software/hardware upgrade treadmill prevalent in most of today's PC business. > Happy customers means more sales = more revenue. I think some companies instead see it this way: Working products = fewer people having to buy new products because the old ones never worked anyway = less revenue.
