On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 09:46:06PM -0700, Jeremy Utley wrote:
> A little off topic for the list, I know, but why can you understand a
> manufacturer not releasing driver sources?
>
> a) The driver sources are no good unless you already have the hardware
> b) A manufacturer *SHOULD* want to allow people to use their hardware
Because increasingly "features" are not implemented in hardware but
in either programmable firmware or the drivers itself. The usage of
surplus CPU cycles on the motherboard means that less hardware is
needed on the device itself. This translates to fewer components,
lower costs, cheaper selling price, which in a post-Walmart world
means more sales and thus more profits.
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