On Fri, 12 May 2000, you wrote:
> Vandoorselaere Yoann wrote:
> >
> > Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > >
> > > > Yeah yeah yeah... So is one suppose to settle for a
>
> > Ok, i will not repeat myself, there was already another nvidia
> > thread, just check it out.
> >
> > By doing such things you do not respect linux philosophy.
> >
>
> blah blah blah, I hear this crap all the time. I use linux
> because I like the power of the command line and the
> look and feel of it. If things are open source, then thats
> great, but there is no hardened rule that companies *HAVE*
> to provide open source drivers for their hardware. I don't
> care if its open source or a binary driver, as long as it
> supports my hardware and it works, then I am happy. Think of
> it what you will, I use it as a tool, thats all a computer
> is to me.
I think time will tell. Most or allot of computers users are hard-core
programmers for have some knowledge of linux etc.....as such, they are not
going to be buying allot of win-modems (in general, h/w that does not work in
other o/s's). I think manufacturers are starting to get the picture that they
can make more $ by producing a product that is "multi-o/s" such as my brother
hl-1240 laser printer.... thing is bothe parallel/usb ports, and will work in
imac/G3 also (whatever the f that means)....i love it. it was also very good
per $ too! so i grabbed that puppy because is complies with all my needs.
I highly think that only "wanna be's" or "get rich quick schemes" will
venture into "win-modem" technology again.
As such, i will continue to support my linux o/s (of choice). It's stable. It
easy. It's simple w/o stupid gimmicks! I have the source code available to
check to see if anything is getting sent to "bill" without my approval. I
mainly use it for networking, email, icq, browsing xxx sites...etc.
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