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Those are only issues for *YOU*...

"...and I won't want any part of it near my kernel."

I can assure you that there are plenty of other people who wouldn't mind too much.

"Besides, the bulkiness of a common driver interface would kill any kind of speed optimizations on the hardware side."


So? I'd rather have a machine which runs slowly after a kernel upgrade than no machine at all. I can sort out some "optimized" drivers later, the important thing is that it still runs.


I think the "real issues" are that some people need to lose the Linux religeon. I assure you that most Windows users don't use it for any religeous reasons, they just want a computer which works. They honestly won't notice if it's a bit slower.

In an ideal world you'd be able to use your Windows drivers on Linux in some sort of compatibility mode, though this is probably asking a bit much.

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