Ken Schneider wrote:
It just seems as though the SUSE kernel dev guys attitude "after feb 2008 we will prevent non-oss USB code from intitializing" --- is harsh, unless there is an alternative way to provide access to such hardware
Looks like a date to have another distro in the works for install. Must be nice to -think- you are a big enough distro to bully your customers. I was raised to -always- treat the customer first, the customer is -always- right no matter what. Unless you don't care about going out of business.
Ken, that deadline has nothing whatsoever to do with SUSE nor Novell. It was set by a kernel developer, Greg Kroah-Hartmann - and although he is paid by SUSE/Novell, I doubt if they've "put him up this". It is not about being a big distro, nor about bullying anyones customers, it's about all the distros (and all of us) relying on the free work of other people. If you disagree with Greg KHs decision, you might need to remain on an increasingly dated kernel for which support will dwindle away, or even migrate back to Windows. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com