Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux

[Romanator]

Tom Brinkman wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday 05 December 2000 05:34 pm, Romanator wrote:
> > Hey Tom,
> >
> > Is it true about hardware providers paying fees to M$ so that Windows
> > supports or approves their hardware? In other words, no fee - no
> > drivers. Have you ever heard about this? I just wanted to clear that
> > up.
> 
>      I have no idea, and I've never heard that.
> --
> Tom Brinkman       [EMAIL PROTECTED]     Galveston Bay

I spoke with other programmers/chip designers and it appears that a fee
must be paid out to have your hardware MS approved. That is, if you want
to have the drivers included and supported by the operating system.