Re: Linux, UDI and SCO.
Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 16:40:56 +0100
On Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 02:15:17PM -0700, Bob Taylor wrote:
> Agree. However, it makes no commercial sense to hide data required for
> someone else to write a driver. After all, it doesn't cost the manufacturer
> one cent and they gain sales. This is why they are in business in the first
> place.
> This garbage about their design--haven't they heard about patents?
Patents are expensive. In the fast moving world of low end hardware,
it's sometimes cheaper to keep secrets.
-- Jamie
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