Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3767 mails)

["Joseph M. Gaffney" <CuCullin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 21 February 2006 08:56, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
> Fine. Then start writing all of the rest of the drivers that are non-gpl
> so that current and future users don't loose functionality and can use
> new and better hardware when it comes out. Keep in mind that perhaps
> over 95% of the users of linux distributions are -NOT- programmers.
> Oh and I -DO- appreciate all of your hard work.
> Perhaps it -IS- time to start looking at BSD.

I find it amazing how so many out there feel its the responsibility of the 
*kernel* developers to support so much hardware out of the box.

Blame the companies, not the devs!!

So the kernel developers have decided they don't want binary drivers in the 
kernel.  Thats there decision.  If you don't like it, add it in yourself.  
Guess what - the company is still responsible for supporting its own product!

If they had any clue at all, they would work *with* the kernel developers to 
be sure how to properly place the binary portions in userspace.  However, 
their complete lack of response on this list and others means they just said 
GFY, in no uncertain terms.

These are the people you buy hardware from? These are the people you defend?

Buy hardware thats not only supported, but supported properly.  Most of all, 
get over yourself.  You are a user, not a developer, and how you (among 
others) have just reacted shows that you clearly don't appreciate all the 
hard work the developers have put in.

Thank you for responding Carl-Daniel, I'm happy a kernel developer saw and 
responded to that.

Joseph M. Gaffney
aka CuCullin
Not a kernel developer - just appreciative.