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Newsgroups: linux.kernel
From: Dave Airlie <airl...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:20:10 +0100
Local: Mon, Dec 5 2005 7:20 pm
Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
> To the larger argument about supporting binary drivers, And do you think that given the opportunity, any company is going > all Arjan manages to prove with his post is that, > if handled in the worst possible way, support for > binary drivers would be a disaster. Who can disagree > with that? spend the extra money required to not do it in the worst possible way?? Companies want to spend as little as possible on drivers, and drop support as soon as it makes sense financially to do so, they aren't going to come to the correct best possible way on their own, or via consortia of companies ala CEL or OSDL, they require outside pressure to make them change their mindset from the only example they have which is developing Windows drivers.. Dave. You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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