Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 4 Jun 1996 10:45:53 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Jon M. Taylor" <> | Subject | Re: SVGA kernel chipset drivers. |
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On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Eric A Schweitz wrote:
> > lilo just spouted off: > > > > > Rudely interrupting, this seems like the cart pulling the horse > > > thinking. Your project may be the holy grail of graphics programming > > > (or not). But, if it is the holy grail, why does it need the Linux > > > kernel to make its mark? It should stand or fall on its own merit. > > > Linus needs to evaluate what the majority of users of Linux want/need, > > > and try to minimize gratuitous feature-bloat, else his user-base will > > > find someone/something that does meet their needs. > > > > Rudely interrupting, indeed. (1) If every kernel feature were designed for > > the use of the majority of Linux users, we would have no drivers. > > Obviously, my comments went right over your head. If Linux had no > drivers, people would be using something else.
This is stretching the definition of the term 'driver' a bit, but I see your point.
> > (2) What is good for graphics programmers is good for graphics users. > > Ah, but what is good for graphics programmers might NOT be good for > graphics users. And more importantly, that extra goodness for those > graphics programmers might negatively impact other programmers and > users. While sounding good, you've made a fallacious statement.
You don't know that. It might be true, but it doesn't look that way so far.
> > (3) A lot of > > games programmers don't program for Linux because it's an inadequate > > environment for their needs. Game users tend to be a very large constituent > > of the major commercial operating systems, because they are a large > > constituent of computer users. If you want to scorn large influxes of > > potentially satisfied Linux users, you are free to. > > I didn't scorning anyone. I wasn't scorning GGI, its proponents, > Linux, its proponents, nor anyone else. Jon understood this.
I did, and your point about the GGI ultimately standing or falling on its own merits is well taken. Still, there's a point to be made here in the abstract as well.
Jon Taylor = <taylorj@gaia.ecs.csus.edu> | <http://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/~taylorj> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks." - Lazarus Long
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