Re: Linux, UDI and SCO.

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:45:21 -0300

In message <199809201119.MAA06952@killala.koala.ie>, Simon Kenyon writes:
+-----
| one implication of UDI that i think people are missing is that if it takes off
| we have a situation where certain internal interfaces would be frozen, with no
| realistic chance of them being changed other that by the "standards" people.
| this would leave Linux at a severe disadvantage, because one of the beauties
| of linux is that it can evolve without asking anyone's permission.
+--->8

But the commercial Unixes are at the same disadvantage: Sun can change
DDI/DKI whenever necessary, etc. UDI should be considered a sort of
"baseline", with native driver support used for performance or enhanced
functionality, etc.

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system administrator	     [WAY too many hats]	   allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering					 KF8NH
carnegie mellon university






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