HP crushes dreams, offers no WM6 upgrades {Engadget Mobile}

May 11th 2007 12:19PM Do you throw away your PC when a new Operating System is released? (Well, with VISTA you do, but....) Today, the hardware manufacturers are wrapping the hardware around the operating system, with deep hooks to support proprietary functionality. In the future, both the hardware manufacturers and Microsoft need to develop to a common specification. A perfect example is the camera: There is no standard function for accessing a PocketPC's camera, because each vendor's interface is proprietary. Software vendors have to react to and port their software to hardware-specific platforms, and users are left without options. If the hardware vendors step up, it would be MY CHOICE what OS I run on what device. Please help us, Microsoft.