On Sep 11, 06 23:51:20 -0500, Rajko M wrote: > So, we agree, I just said in different words "it is not that simple" :-)
Peace :-) The world is a lovely place ;))) > I expected such answer. It was probably wrong example. Thanks :) > Important is that product without exact plans takes too much time to > make usable. Yes, but the company internally obviously has a plan, as the drivers (the binary ones) hit the street just in time when the hardware is available. We're not on their radar. > > For complex hardware w/o docs with erratas you need direct access to the > > hardware engineers. Which, of course, is only possible in-house. > > That is one of reason that kernel developers want GPLed software, not > proprietary accompanied with NDAs that one day can explode and run them > out of business. There are other issues why the source cannot easily be open sourced, especially third party IP, signed non-disclosure contracts, and being worried about potential patents. Intel has enough cross-license agreements, so they probably don't have to worry. Maybe the AMD/ATI merger could help here. Not so much with NVidia, though. M$ has tons of patents regarding 3D hardware, bought from SGI (when they were still written in capital letters). > > Software has bugs. Period. > > This is a lema in computer science, like it or not: > > All even modestly complex software has bugs. > > Read: helloworld.c has (hopefully) no bugs, all others have. > > Depends on compiler :-) I said hopefully :-P Well, helloworld links libc, which uses the kernel, which uses drivers, which accesses hardware. I guess there *is* a bug lingering in that link... somewhere... CU Matthias -- Matthias Hopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ __ __ Maxfeldstr. 5 / 90409 Nuernberg (_ | | (_ |__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone +49-911-74053-715 __) |_| __) |__ labs www.mshopf.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
