SFR has just told me in an unsolicited email advertisement that in case I go for their "generous" 3G USB stick offer, 100% of all computers are compatible. In the fine print, they say they have drivers for Windows and Macs. Hello, haven't you forgotten something? Yes, I am using Ubuntu Linux, I guess that's the 0% you've been missing... But good news for you, your stick looks like a Huawei E169 and that should run just fine under Ubuntu as well, there are not even drivers required for it...
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yes 100% is not 100%
i cannot get google toolbar on Mac or PC let alone get a device for OSs other than the two above.
90/10 rule
Posted by: Ed | November 04, 2009 at 10:09 PM
I wonder how many ARM-based PCs are compatible! Yes, it's a <1% segment but growing very fast.
Posted by: Steve 'Chippy' Paine | November 05, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Technically I guess the driver is required but it is included in typical kernel images. The fact that the driver is installed by default doesn't mean it is not there, does it? :p
Posted by: Joonas Kortesalmi | November 05, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Hi Joonas,
Yes, there is a driver, of course, already packed into the OS. So the be absolutely precise one should say that no extra driver has to be installed, its plug and play :-)
Cheers,
Martin
Posted by: mobilesociety | November 05, 2009 at 08:51 PM