On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:49:19 -0800, Jeff Carr wrote: > On 01/06/07 10:13, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> In linux.debian.devel.release Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> So keyspan USB devices will be useless with Debian kernels in the very >>> near future, since there is no alternative to the kernel driver? >> >> Looks so. But we will have the most free kernel of all Linux >> distributions, aren't you happy? > > No, this is misleading. Almost all add on computer products have on > chip proprietary firmware. All this does is reward the manufacturers > that hide the firmware on-chip. Worse, this often means that the least > expensive products (and often purchased) will not work with Debian.
I think you missed Marco's intended irony there. ;) -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
