Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Oct 1997 03:56:50 -0500 | From | Steve Schroeder <> | Subject | Re: mcd-driver and joliet |
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Erik Andersen writes: >Certainly one of >them should be eliminated, and mcdx seems to be cleaner and more >featureful (I have carefully read both drivers (I wish I knew where the >spec for the Mitsumi is hiding)). > >I suppose that if noone can think of a good reason to keep the old mcd >driver around, I could completely drop it from the kernel as part of my >CD-ROM update for the 2.1.x kernel.
A sizable number of old Mitsumi drives like the FX001D (a doublespin drive from the time when the NEC triple was the fastest) do not work with the mcdx driver. The FX001D was a cheap drive at the time about $180 versus $450 for NEC's triple and mine atleast still works today.
Side note: Does anyone know of any economic papers written on contrasting the cost structure between free software developement versus proprietary software? An EconLit search came up empty. Please email me any repsonses. I think that free software has very strong advantage overall at least in economic theory.
Steve Schroeder sschroeder@socketis.net Linux--The OS for people who like to learn and grow.
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