Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

[Wojciech Puchar]

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>> Most of them don't.
>
> Considering that, the moment someone shows up and says "I'm a Windows
> user, but I'm thinking about trying out FreeBSD," you immediately assume
> the person doesn't want to learn without bothering to read any further, I

yes. because if this person would like, he/she would read FreeBSD handbook 
first!