On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 11:37:24PM +0300, Diego Iastrubni wrote: > Muli, you are talking from a kernel programmer point of view. I am talking > about a user point of view.
From a user POV, open source drivers are infinitely better than closed source drivers, and closed source drivers are some what better than no drivers at all. > So what? I have to stay behind because I use a "non standard h/w"? > Or should I > "upgrade" my h/w? That sux ass. Yes today is more likely to find support for > our exotic h/w, but still not all h/w is supported. Yes, you should buy hardware that is supported. You should also tell the vendor why you bought from them, and you should tell the other vendors why you didn't buy from them. That sends a clear message to vendors, that they *lose* *sale* because they don't release open source drivers. Idealistic? perhaps. It works. -- Muli Ben-Yehuda http://www.mulix.org http://www.livejournal.com/~mulix/
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