Because you can now boot Linux on these machines. If there had been a deal, it would have failed its purpose. Occam's Razor leads me to conclude that almost certainly, there was no conspiracy. Let alone that some community forum support guy would never be told about a secret deal.
> Let alone that some community forum support guy would never be told about a secret deal.
Nobody said it was secret, besides you. I think it was parent's point that you are strawmanning here.
This was also the sole reason I responded to your initial post. You misrepresent people's position and then complain that what you presented is "abysmal" and "disappointing".
That wasn't my impression reading the original submission or the comment thread. Lots of things that would adequately be explained by lack of Linux drivers and stupidity on Lenovo's side were attributed to malice and purported as fact.
But we also know that MicroSoft bribe officials for looong time. See link[1] for example. MS can just bribe someone in Lenovo directly. Or, maybe, someone in Lenovo is a huge fan of MS, so he can act against Linux just in case (I saw this in my own company).
