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SubjectRe: Linux, UDI and SCO.
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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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