Re: KDE gone, Linux next?
On 17-Oct-98, 08:33 (CDT), Christian Hammers <ch@lathspell.westend.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 09:06:32PM +1000, Matthew Parry wrote:
>> [forcing manufacturers to release device drivers as free software]
> Maybe somewhen this will happen, but during the next few years, the
> hardware manufacturer will rather ship NO drivers for special kinds of
> hardware than open software. :-(
But if they are allowed to released closed-source drivers, then there
is no incentive for them to *ever* release free ones. In the meantime,
I will continue to buy supported hardware, and occasionally inform a
manufacturer that I chose not to buy their device because they did
not support Linux (either buy providing the driver, or by providing
sufficient info for someone to write the driver).
Steve
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