Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: UDI issues | Date | Sat, 19 Sep 1998 09:10:16 -0300 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.980918234137.539A-100000@fire.fireplace>, Gerhard Mac k writes: +----- | This isn't us vs the other Unix people. | This isn't us vs the harware maufacturers. | This is us vs Microsoft... +--->8
For now.
Linux is an ally of convenience for the Unix vendors, who also want to see M$ go away. But if M$ is removed from the picture, suddenly it's a free(-speech) *ix vs. closed, proprietary Unix and our UDI "allies" become enemies. In fact, the article about UDI says as much: the proprietary folks want us to do the legwork for them in creating drivers, then they will add their own closed-source changes. (Read it.)
If we do become involved with UDI, we must do so in a way that doesn't leave us defenseless. That doesn't mean we must stay away from UDI, but it does mean that going all-out for it without some thought for our own goals *will* cause problems for us later.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university
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