Tehre you go again ASSUMING it’s standard. 100% NOT PROVEN. Based on != uses a standard implementation.
STOP THE ASSUMPTIONS. All you’re managing to prove is that you hate MS and believe all faults are always their fault. We get it. Everything else you’ve got is assumptions based on your hatred.
Anybody that doesn’t know to look on the CD marked DRIVERS when a hardware wizard comes up and ASKS FOR THE DRIVER CD, is probably illiterate and shouldn’t be using computers anyway.
Are you trying to honestly say that the Intel Pro 10/100 chipset, that has been out and available for 10 years, isn't a standard implementation?
How about this then? How about a NetBSD man page from 2002 listing full support for the Intel 82557 chip? The Linux drivers use the NetBSD code, BTW.
STOP THE ASSUMPTIONS. All you’re managing to prove is that you hate MS and believe all faults are always their fault.
My, my. You certainly are getting wound up about this shortcoming with Windows XP. Personal stake maybe?
Anybody that doesn’t know to look on the CD marked DRIVERS when a hardware wizard comes up and ASKS FOR THE DRIVER CD, is probably illiterate and shouldn’t be using computers anyway.
What wizard? The writer of the article clearly stated that Windows XP didn't even recognize the card. No wizard, no pop-up. Just nothing.
Now who's doing the assuming?