On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:56:11 -0700, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In a recent note, Tom Marchant said: > >> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:46:17 -0600 >> >> Really? Sounds like FUD to me. My experience with Linux is >> limited, but I've beeen running Fedora Core for about a year and >> I know that it's distribution is entirely open source. I'm pretty >> sure Red Hat is also, as well as Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware, >> Knoppix, Gentoo and others. Which distributions do you know that >> "Include closed source drivers?" >> >Linux for z/Series? > You snipped too much. My comment was in response to Tim's statement about X86-based Linux distributions: On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:26:31 +0900, Timothy Sipples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... Most X86-based >Linux distributions include closed source device drivers. > -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
