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On Nov 10, 1:06 am, Brian May <b...@snoopy.apana.org.au> wrote:
> I see only two solutions:
>
> 1. Microsoft write or review drivers themselves. Unlikely to
> happen. Even with an open source model like Linux, some drivers that
> end up in the kernel are horrible (or so I have heard); there are
> simply too many drivers to review and possibly rewrite every one.

They do have a driver signing procedure, now, and some sort of
conformance testing. I don't know the details, but it has obviously
helped a lot compared to what we had before.