Re: Question: I2O, and how Linux is dealing
Hello!
The guys from I2O left the specifications a good while on their server for
anonymous ftp :)
Many people that writes hardware drivers for linux should have this
document, I can imagine there was a good rush on their server before they
removed the access to it...
I2O is neither a problem nor a matter for Linux...
On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Dan Hugo wrote:
> I was just reading over the NDA agreement (for fun) that the I2O
> organization (http://www.i2osig.org/) makes people sign before they
> THINK about the "technology" in I2O, and I recall reading somewhere that
> the Linux community was NOT in favor of the whole concept (for obvious
> reasons, given the limitations of that NDA).
>
> I am just wondering if there is going to be a general boycott I2O
> hardware (or at least ignoring the IOP and the driver model), or whether
> a reverse-engineering effort is planned or in the works. Since I don't
> know much about I2O (I didn't feel like spending the $250 for a
> temporary membership in their club... go figure), I wonder, if anyone
> does know, is it all that great a "technology" ?
>
> It really looks like I2O is a concerted effort to keep free software and
> OS's like Linux off the first tier by making driver development even
> harder.
>
> Just wondering out loud
>
> -dh
>
>
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