On Jun 1, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
I have no goddamn
clue why. It's completely stupid. But they do it. You can't rely on a
system from HP with, say, a Phoenix firmware to have the same interface
as a system from Dell with a Phoenix firmware.
Branding and marketing is one of the known vortices that cause complete departure from
rational thinking and outcomes.
It is utterly insane, there is no reasonable justification for it,
and
it surely massively inflates the hardware manufacturers' support costs.
But they do it.
No doubt Phoenix, et al. do not do this customization for free. No doubt it's an up
sell to OEM marketing who would find generic configuration screens a recurring
demonstration of their ineptitude. And communism.
Care for some gin, Adam? Here, let me pour.
Chris Murphy