On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 09:35 +0100, David Wright wrote: <snip>
And finally (or firstly, I've actually written these in reverse order to the way they are printed :-P), the Kernel Log section mentions the removal of non-GPL USB drivers from the Linux Kernel, with AVM getting its nose in. The sub-title for the piece: "A change in the Kernel has meant the near exclusion/removal of AVM USB devices from Linux." ("Eine Änderung im Kernel hätte beinahe das Aus für die USB-Geräte von AVM unter Linux bedeutet.")
"An employee of AVM criticized [the change], saying that it is now not possible to provide proprietary USB-drivers; AVM must therefore stop support for its own USB devices."
<rant> I just can't understand the stance of the kernel developers shutting out companies that are trying to provide drivers for their product. This is certainly more FUD fuel being provided to MS. Who are the kernel developers to tell a company to stop exactly what we need more of, -drivers- for their products. I think it may be time for the kernel developers to stop sticking their collective, holier than thou noses in the air and stop dictating what a distribution can and cannot include in their distribution, namely third party drivers. This is certainly going to drive a -LOT- of people back to MS. It is hard enough to get people to linux with the slow development of drivers, now it will be even worse. </rant> -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998