Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux headed for disaster? | Date | Mon, 6 Dec 1999 01:08:08 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> What I am trying to get across is that binary portable modules help > to solve driver compatibility problems when you do new releases of > the Linux kernel. I am not trying to say that the source code should > be closed. Obviously the Open Source nature of the NCR 5380 driver is > what allows it to continue to be supported.
I've been helping maintain the Linux kernel for six or seven years. I don't believe a word of your claim. Things like vmware are a problem, the et inc modules were a problem, oss has its problems. And thats despite the fact OSS especially, and also to an extent ET worked hard on chasing bugs
Alan
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