----- Original Message ----- From: "User Freebsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darrin Chandler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Nikolas Britton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:48 PM Subject: Re: Are hardware vendors starting to bail on FreeBSD ... ?
> > My point isn't that I *liked* binary-only drivers ... my point is that I'd > rather a company like Adaptec to *at least* supply a binary driver if they > require their specs to be closed, then provide *no means* for me to use > Adaptec products ... > No, that's not the way of Open Source. You cannot advocate binary only drivers for an open source OS, it is a slippery slope. What is sauce for the goose must be sauce for the gander. It is philosophy bankrupt to demand binary support without the source code. You gave Adaptec a good shot - you gave them a chance to keep supporting you. They failed. It isn't your fault for upgrading, and it isn't FBSD's fault for changing so the binary blob doesen't work right anymore. > How many out there are *still* running 4.x on their servers and desktops, > for similar fears? > I usually go gradually on upgrading, so I'll see problems like this long before I've changed over any significant percent of my servers. Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
