Re: Linux, UDI and SCO.

Manuel J. Galan (manolow@step.es)
Sat, 19 Sep 1998 14:23:05 +0100 (WEST)


I thing that it is high time for hardware vendors to acknowledge the size of the
linux market and start using their well paid software engineers to develop
drivers for Linux.

It always surprises me that they develop drivers for Unixware, OS/2, or any
other insignificant OS (in the sense of market share, no flames please...) and
not for Linux.

We are voting, anyway, with our $$$... Adaptec is the only one to know how
much money have lost because of them not supporting Linux.

But what I claim goes further! If you go to 3com web server you will find
drivers for any present past or future operating system but Linux (and other
free O.S.). I do not buy the idea of source code drivers being a problem for
hardware manufacturers... if your hardware depends to work on some witty
fiddling with the software it is not good for me; if your hardware is good
and sound a source code driver will outshow it with no doubts...When 3com, SMC,
Matrox, etc. are going to use their $$$ to build drivers for Linux????

BTW, it would be a wicked idea to cripple our stable Linux to favor SCO or SUN
or anyone else whose interest for years has been to bash Linux out.

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E-Mail: Manuel J. Galan <manolow@step.es>
Date: 19-Sep-98
Time: 14:08:00

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