Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Sep 1998 14:37:45 +0000 | From | David Hollister <> | Subject | Re: Linux, UDI and SCO. |
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Terry et.al,
Maybe I should have done a little more research before opening my mouth. I don't claim to be a UDI expert, a licensing expert, or anything of the sort. Terry has evidently done a lot more research into this whole thing than I have, which is great.
I'm in a somewhat awkward position anyway since I opened my big mouth. Kevin is my boss. Now, as far as I know, his feelings about Linux are the same as mine, we're both pro-Linux. What his other motivations regarding Linux and UDI are, I can only guess. I have nothing to do with UDI. I've seen bits of UDI code, but to be honest it never really interested me much (I'm busy enough already). I've only taken an interest in it now because it is obviously a major point of contention in the Linux community (which I feel I'm part of, even if a very small part).
Anyway, enough rambling. I'm going to be in Dallas next week (I work in Arizona). I will take this email to Kevin and sit down with him and discuss it. I'll come back to you all with his comments later next week (I'm pretty sure I'm the only Interphaser reading this list)
Terry L Ridder wrote: > > Hello; > > For background on my comments I would suggest reading the original > reports at: > > IT Week: Intel looks to Linux community for help with UDI > http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/1998/37/ns-5501.html > > A Brief Quote from the above article is below > > <Begin Quote> > "The advantage of releasing to the Linux community is that their > work will give Unix OS vendors a basis to work from," Quick added, > though he stressed that the specification will still be tightly > controlled and standards based. > <End Quote> > > Uniform Driver Interface (UDI) > http://www.sco.com/udi/ > > Below is a brief quote from the above Web Page: > > [rest of message snipped for brevity]
-- David Hollister Interphase Corporation dhollist@iphase.com Software Engineer Dallas, TX http://www.public.asu.edu/~dhollist
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