OT: Perhaps Linux will set the hardware standards?
This is very off-topic, but I just had a thought that I felt strongly
enough to share.
Right now, hardware manufacturers, like video card makers, make their
hardware so that each has different interfaces (APIs, etc) that must be
dealt with in drivers, and often that information is kept proprietary,
which makes it difficult for XFree86 developers (and company) to get
things working for every little card out there.
As Linux gains dominance on the desktop (notice I didn't say "if", but
implied "when"), is it out of line to think that perhaps the XFree86
developers could set the API standards instead of the hardware
manufacturers doing so?
In other words, perhaps some day the developers can say "Here's the
interface specs; make your hardware work with it if you want to sell
your cards."
Pipe dream? Fantasy? Stupid innovation-stifling idea? Good idea? What?
Kent
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