Re: [OT] RE: UDI and Free Software

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Tue, 6 Oct 1998 18:36:50 -0400 (EDT)


On 6 Oct 1998, david parsons wrote:

> >I never said it did.. I should have said: Binary only drivers encourage
> >poor drivers
>
> No it doesn't.

Come on, open review is condusive to quality, if you deny that you deny
what I consider the prime advantage of Linux.

Perhaps being binary only doesn't make them bad.. Being open does make
them better.

> ____
> david parsons \bi/ it will be more difficult to assimilate the commercial
> \/ Unix world you you systematically piss off all the
> developers there.

So? Maby I dont want them. Sometimes being right is better then being
popular.. I'd much rather Linux be only 10% of the market but do most
things right then be 30% with comprimises. If it's right, and it's better,
then people will come.. If it's not better then it's good they dont come,
and if they just dont want to: their loss.

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