On Tue, November 23, 2004 2:43 pm, Bill Gradwohl said: > Actually, I don't care if they have open source, closed source, or no > source. How about them recognizing that Fedora Core, Suse, etc needs to > be supported and they compile a binary at their location and give it to > the Fedora Project, Suse, etc to include with the distro to have the > installer recognize it. The only way to ensure ongoing top-notch support is to open-source the driver. Linux is a moving target with internals that change dramatically and often. It's not a simple task to release a binary-driver and expect it to work on more than a very narrow, targetted group of Linux systems. This is the nature of Linux and how it develops. It's geared to benefit open-source developers, not out of dogma, but out of practicality. [...] > A bit of militancy for the cause is what I'm suggesting from the folks > that have the clout to perhaps alter behavior. As someone else in this thread mentioned, the greatest behavior modifier for these companies will be stiff competition from a company that benefits and prospers because it targets the Linux market effectively. Cheers, Sean
