http://www.redhat.com/news/news-details.phtml?id=97
A few excerpts ... Research Triangle Park, NC--June 23, 1998--Red Hat® Software, Inc., publisher of the Red Hat Linux Operating System, announced today that Adaptec, Inc., providers of bandwidth management technologies including SCSI controllers, will support the Linux community by providing Linux developers with tools and information to ensure quality Adaptec products and drivers. For Red Hat, Adaptec's support is proof positive that the Linux OS is growing rapidly. "We at Red Hat have always recognized that the Linux development model is unparalleled. That Adaptec recognizes the Linux operating system and the Linux development model as beneficial to the PC industry speaks volumes about the future of Linux," said Robert Young, President, Red Hat Software. ... Adaptec will provide SCSI chip design information and host adapters to key developers in the Linux community, will provide Linux distributors product and information for their respective QA labs, will investigate the distribution of low level (e.g.hardware abstraction layer) source code as open source to make it easier for developers to produce more maintainable, reliable and extensible drivers, and will investigate Linux support of other Adaptec products including ethernet cards, 1394, RAID, etc. This appears to be Good News :) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
