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SubjectRe: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
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On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 15:56 -0800, Tim Bird wrote:
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> To the larger argument about supporting binary drivers,
> all Arjan manages to prove with his post is that,
> if handled in the worst possible way, support for
> binary drivers would be a disaster. Who can disagree
> with that?

And it is the to-be-expected way for all companies/corporations/
commercial entities where none-techies are the decision makers (the
condition is a sufficient one but not a necessary one) - ethics and/or
fairness are pretty irrelevant there if there seems to a problem with
sales, stakeholders value, bonuses of management and especially the
deciders themselves etc.
Yes, that may be rude. Sorry, that is reality.

In one word: It will doubtless go that way because only short-term
"success" is relevant (i.e. just to get as much money as possible out of
it *now*) and the devil may care ....

Bernd
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Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/
mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55
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