On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 10:45, Jules Bean wrote: > > Why exactly are they having troubles? > > Well, what they typically worry about is that the trade secerets in > their drivers will make it too easy for competitors to duplicate their > hardware. > > You probably don't accept that argument; neither do I. But it's not > me you have to convince, it's *them*.... It's awfully hard to convince them when there's no immediate downside to their actions under the status quo. "Make your drivers free, so they can be a part of Debian." "What does that get us?" "Uh... They move from one directory on our FTP site to another..." -- - Joe Wreschnig <piman@sacredchao.net> - http://www.sacredchao.net "What I did was justified because I had a policy of my own... It's okay to be different, to not conform to society." -- Chen Kenichi, Iron Chef Chinese
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