On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 23:15, Robert L Cochran wrote:
> USB devices are still a problem for Windows 2000 even if you have had 
> good luck for yourself. You need the latest Service Pack installed for 
> the best results. 

I'm sorry, but do you have a source for this?? I've run MANY 2K installs
and I've NEVER encountered USB problems that ended up being pegged on
the OS in ANY way.

> On Microsoft platforms your best USB support will come 
> with Windows XP.  

Sorry, no, I haven't had one case where XP worked when 2K didn't. Didn't
have the other side either. Remember, XP is basically an extension to
2K, while there are some enhancements the basic core code is the same.

> USB support on Linux is very complete and the source 
> code for it is totally open and available.

While USB port hardware is well supported under Linux there are still
MANY devices out there that don't use one of the "standard" USB classes
and require proprietary drivers from the manufacturers, which often
don't supply jack for Linux. While the community has been great with
getting some devices drivers for Linux there are still MANY USB devices
out there that have NOTHING for Linux. TTYL


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