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Re: [opensuse-factory] AVM/SUSE/Novell long-term relationship endangered
- From: David Wright <david.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:57:08 +0100
- Message-id: <200602150857.08332.david.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Am Mittwoch, 15. Februar 2006 08:47 schrieb Silviu Marin-Caea:
> On Wednesday 15 February 2006 09:30, Peter Czanik wrote:
> > > Maybe some would see that equivalent with "don't buy".
> >
> > I'm sorry to say, but I agree. The main selling point of SUSE was in my
> > experience, that everything worked out of the box. And not just worked,
>
> I think the issue is having proprietary binary-only drivers in the kernel
> vs. userspace. If those drivers are modified to be in userspace, SUSE will
> ship them on the media and it would work out-of-the-box.
>
> Is this right?
>
With no official statement, just the dev notes and what was said at the last
IRC meeting, that is how I read the situation, yes.
Dave
> On Wednesday 15 February 2006 09:30, Peter Czanik wrote:
> > > Maybe some would see that equivalent with "don't buy".
> >
> > I'm sorry to say, but I agree. The main selling point of SUSE was in my
> > experience, that everything worked out of the box. And not just worked,
>
> I think the issue is having proprietary binary-only drivers in the kernel
> vs. userspace. If those drivers are modified to be in userspace, SUSE will
> ship them on the media and it would work out-of-the-box.
>
> Is this right?
>
With no official statement, just the dev notes and what was said at the last
IRC meeting, that is how I read the situation, yes.
Dave
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