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    SubjectRe: Linux stifles innovation...
    Hahahaha.
    Dennis, the only linux network drivers that I have had serious problems
    with were yours. They caused kernel panic on 2.0.30+ every 6 hours. Of
    course I did not have the source to fix them. In comparision eepro100
    works rock solid on all of my machines that use it.

    Will I use some binary only drivers again? No thanks!

    On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Dennis wrote:

    > At 02:48 PM 02/16/2001, Jesse Pollard wrote:
    > >On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Andrew Scott wrote:
    > > >On 15 Feb 2001, at 9:49, fsnchzjr wrote:
    > > >
    > > >> Watch Microsoft's Jim Allchin go Linux-bashing!!!
    > > >> Nice little article on how we're all going to die of herpes from our
    > > >> repeated exposition to Linux...
    > > >>
    > > http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-4825719-RHAT.html?ta
    > > >> g=ltnc
    > > >
    > > >That's about as self-serving a statement as I've ever seen. If this
    > > >'Jim Alchin' actually believes what he's saying, he's got to be one
    > > >of the worlds biggest fools, and if he doesn't believe what he's
    > > >saying, well there aren't too many words that would accurately
    > > >describe what he is.
    > > >
    > > >It's pretty funny in some ways, e.g. "We can build a better product
    > > >than Linux...", which begs the question, "Well, why don't you?".
    > > >Perhaps it costs too much?
    >
    > objective, arent we?
    >
    > There is much truth to the concept, although Microsoft should not be ones
    > to comment on it as such.
    >
    > For example, if there were six different companies that marketed ethernet
    > drivers for the eepro100, you'd have a choice of which one to buy..perhaps
    > with different "features" that were of value to you. Instead, you have
    > crappy GPL code that locks up under load, and its not worth spending
    > corporate dollars to fix it because you have to give away your work for
    > free under GPL. And since there is a "free" driver that most people can
    > use, its not worth building a better mousetrap either because the market is
    > too small. So, the handful of users with problems get to "fit it
    > themselves", most of whom cant of course.
    >
    > Theres also the propensity for mediocre stuff to get into the kernel
    > because some half-baked programmer was willing to contribute some code. The
    > 50% of the kernel that remains "experimental" ad infinitum is evidence of that.
    >
    > The biggest thing that the linux community does to stifle innovation is to
    > bash commercial vendors trying to make a profit by whining endlessly about
    > "sourceless" distributions and recommending "open-source" solutions even
    > when they are wholly inferior. You're only hurting yourselves in the long
    > run. In that respect MS is correct, because those with the dollars to
    > innovate will stay away.
    >
    > DB
    >
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