o card industry, for example.  Many video card
manufacturers are reluctant to release the detailed programming
specifications needed to produce high-performance open source drivers
for their cards, thus making it impossible for free operating systems
to support those cards to their full potential.  Why would the
manufacturers do this?  It doesn't make sense for them to
work <span class="emphasis"><em>against</em></span> software support; after all,
compatibility with more operating systems can only mean mor