Re: [OT] RE: UDI and Free Software
david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
6 Oct 1998 10:05:58 -0700
In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.96.981006094104.2073A-100000@z.ml.org>,
Gregory Maxwell <linker@z.ml.org> wrote:
>On 5 Oct 1998, david parsons wrote:
>
>> >UDI give them a way to throw a cheezy half-assed driver our way.
>>
>> Writing to a published interface does NOT make a driver cheezy.
>> Instead it makes it easier to build a good driver, because you're
>> not constantly futzing with the driver to account for interface
>> drift, and you can instead spend this energy making the driver
>> better.
>
>I never said it did.. I should have said: Binary only drivers encourage
>poor drivers
No it doesn't.
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\/ Unix world you you systematically piss off all the
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