Stewart Stremler wrote:
> begin quoting Tracy R Reed as of Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 11:35:12AM
> -0700:
> [snip]
>> If you want to run Linux you have to buy Linux compatible hardware.
>
> Oh, how far we've fallen.
>
> One of the "features" of Linux over the *BSD and Solaris UNICES was
> that Linux supported "virtually all" the hardware out there. This was
> _the_ feature for several people... a UNIX OS that would run on and
> work with any x86 hardware.
>
> This is not to say that I think you're wrong. It's just that it's a
> bit
> sad to see this lofty goal given up on.
I don't think it's been given up on. It's always been a goal, but it's
never been fully attainable. If the manufacturer refuses to supply
information about their products, reverse engineering is the only way.
And now we are "bleseed" with the DMCA which essentially makes it
illegal to reverse engineer it. Each new proprietary product moves
Linux just that much farther away from that goal. People who purchase
those products undermine Linux and it's goals.
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