Canon's digital cameras, like all digital cameras, are really little computers. Certain features are enabled or disabled to justify different price points. It's all done in software, so the wizards of CHDK have created firmware to add new features (such as RAW support), and to do it safely without bricking your camera. Akkana Peck tells how in part one of this series
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spanky
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Anti-features
Cameras not coming with RAW support is a typical anti-feature. You're not in control of the gadget you supposedly bought and own, some stupid software dumbs down the hardware, unless you pay premium (buy an expensive camera).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaged good#Anti-features