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Gerhard Mack wrote:
> 
> > Its what I would describe as lack of enforcement by trading standards bodies,
> > and I suspect what the US would call 'insufficient class action lawsuits'
> 
> What we need is a web page for listing crap hardware so less people buy
> it.

Not just crap hardware, but also vendors who refuse to release proper material
required for writing drivers. NVidia springs to my mind.

-Udo.