Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:36:50 -0300

In message <Pine.LNX.4.02.9808112012220.6668-100000@localhost>, Eric
McDonald w
rites:
+-----
| > | IBM an active supporter of Linux? That would be nice.
| >
| > Only if their Linux support is better than their support of certain of their
| > own OSes....
|
| That would still be better than what Sun did: they released their
| SunOS/Solaris binaries as "free software" for all non-commercial users.
| I'm not that upset about it, but I think it is counterproductive to the
| free software movement, including Linux.
+--->8

I find it amazing how many people are convinced this is a dig at Linux.

Exhibit A: Windows NT. (My vote for most probable reason)
Exhibit B: SCO, which has been doing this for two years already.

This is a non-issue as far as Linux is concerned: what it will attract is
the folks who wouldn't consider Linux anyway (whether you agree with their
reasons or not is beside the point).

-- 
brandon s. allbery	[os/2][linux][solaris][japh]	 allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
system administrator	     [WAY too many hats]	   allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering
carnegie mellon university			   (bsa@kf8nh is still valid.)






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