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Re: [SLE] eric raymond, and binary drivers
- From: John Andersen <jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 06:07:49 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200608192207.39966.jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Saturday 19 August 2006 18:29, Peter Van Lone wrote:
> Isn't the reality that there are probably always going to be
> proprietary software/hardware solutions? It seems to me linux has to
> be able to play in the world as it is, while also trying to change
> that world.
Yes, there will always be hardware+software mixes, and more of them
every year. Its not going away any time soon, and its silly to suggest
that this marriage of device and code is the problem.
The problem is providing for ONLY one platform.
That practice will end the day the federal government either drags the first
video board or electronic gadget maker into court for illegal restraint of
trade, or announces (ad did Taiwan) that failure to deliver drivers for all
platforms will mean loss of government sales.
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John Andersen
> Isn't the reality that there are probably always going to be
> proprietary software/hardware solutions? It seems to me linux has to
> be able to play in the world as it is, while also trying to change
> that world.
Yes, there will always be hardware+software mixes, and more of them
every year. Its not going away any time soon, and its silly to suggest
that this marriage of device and code is the problem.
The problem is providing for ONLY one platform.
That practice will end the day the federal government either drags the first
video board or electronic gadget maker into court for illegal restraint of
trade, or announces (ad did Taiwan) that failure to deliver drivers for all
platforms will mean loss of government sales.
--
_____________________________________
John Andersen
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