Hello Dennis,
Tuesday, December 19, 2000, 8:43:17 AM, you wrote:
D> You've lost all credibility here. Well supported device drivers should not
D> require source. I'd prefer a commercial (preferably the manufacters)
D> support other than some guy in the ural mountains who fixes things IF he
D> can get a card with a problem and IF he can duplicate the problem and IF
D> hes a good enough coder to get it done.
I really donīt think so. A hardware manufacter can give out the source
and provide support, too. We all can benefit of this, because some
people will begin to optimize something.
If there is a free operating system with sources, the drivers should
be free, too. Developing an OS takes more knowledge than developing a
driver. As I said, I wonīt have the same lame situation as on windows.
If there is something wrong, I will have to look at the sources, too.
And itīs not very complex to compile something. And if something like
(compile, make, make install) is too complex, I donīt know what to say
anymore.
However, I wonīt accept binary-only drivers or apps in any form. It is
and it will be possible in the feature to develop and distribute progs
with sourcecode, especially device drivers. It is a risk, but no ris(c|k) no fun -)
TRUST NO ONE. We have a great operating system here. Why should we
blame it with binary-only files???
I wonīt.
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