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SubjectRe: Linux, UDI and SCO.
DateSun, 20 Sep 1998 12:19:34 +0100
FromSimon Kenyon <>
one implication of UDI that i think people are missing is that if it takes off 
we have a situation where certain internal interfaces would be frozen, with no 
realistic chance of them being changed other that by the "standards" people. 
this would leave Linux at a severe disadvantage, because one of the beauties 
of linux is that it can evolve without asking anyone's permission.

as far as i can see, the UDI initiative is to allow the OS vendors use drivers 
for all the hardware linux supports without having the expense of doing it 
themselves. considering the enormous range of hardware that linux supports, 
this is not at all surprising. no OS vendor would be prepared to dedicate the 
resources to writing all those drivers.
--
simon


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