Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 07 Jan 2003 00:07:08 +0000 | From | Andrew Walrond <> | Subject | Re: Honest does not pay here ... |
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Matthias Andree wrote: > On Sun, 05 Jan 2003, David van Hoose wrote: > > >>The impression I am getting from the GPL argument is that people want >>100% opensource drivers. Well, to be frank, I'd rather have a driver >>that isn't 100% opensource to no driver at all. I think most everyone on >>this mailing list agrees. If not, I'd like to know why. > > > You're at the author's mercy if you need to upgrade your kernel or if > the driver doesn't work for you. I'd rather know before buying a product > (modem, GFX board, ...) if there's either non-NDA'd documentation or > better an OpenSource driver or at least support for such. >
Fine for us developers, but 99.5% of users wouldn't recognise a c function if it jumped up and bit them on the ass. If it doesn't say "linux supported" on the box, they won't buy it. Google? Source Forge? ./configure? WTFIT?. Where is their freedom?
Until the manufacturers start providing good quality supported drivers for their hardware, binary or source, linux will stay exactly where it is now; a server room tool and a hobbyists playground.
I for one think thats a real shame
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