On 10/17/06, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I don't think that anyone ever doubted that these binary blobs were not ideal. I think that they have been tolerated to allow these devices to be used with free software. I think that the same issue is at work for the hardware that needs NDIS wrappers.
Given that M$ is using its clout with the HW manufacturers to prevent having open drivers for Linux (does that sound like a conspiracy theory? oh well), I'm not sure what the answer is except to purchase hardware that has open drivers and use word of mouth to discourage the use of hardware that does not.
On 10/17/06, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/16/2038253
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> Perhaps Intel will be able to pressure ATI and Nvidia away from binary
> blobs as a driver solution. I am of course not holding my breath.
It seems Calgary's own Theo de Raadt [1] is looking less-insane these days...
Time for a war on "the blob" [2] methinks.
-Mark
[1] http://www.theos.com/deraadt/
[2] http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#39
I don't think that anyone ever doubted that these binary blobs were not ideal. I think that they have been tolerated to allow these devices to be used with free software. I think that the same issue is at work for the hardware that needs NDIS wrappers.
Given that M$ is using its clout with the HW manufacturers to prevent having open drivers for Linux (does that sound like a conspiracy theory? oh well), I'm not sure what the answer is except to purchase hardware that has open drivers and use word of mouth to discourage the use of hardware that does not.
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