Why have they got it wrong? I'm guessing you're a member of the Linux/unbuntu militia since you don't demonstrate much understanding of the issues. I'm no apologist for Microsoft either & I'm one of the vista users having problems with peripherals. But how do you back up the assertion that MS is controlling this? Hardly good business to deny 3rd party suppliers access to the data required to support their products is it? Nvidia who make my graphics card have fully functioning drivers & software suites.
Creative who provide my sound card otoh have just Beta drivers that don't work very well at all. I suggest you take a look at Creatives user forums before you point the finger - you'll find they were slow out the traps when XP was launched too.
The bottom line is if you're going to go with vista, check your suppliers websites carefully beforehand & work out yourself if your machine will run the thing. If not, stick with XP/Linux whatever.