2 Dec
2004
2 Dec
'04
4:24 p.m.
On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 21:02, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:56:03PM +0100, Esben Stien
wrote:
which in case of an opensource driver would be to change a code here and
there to make it work...
Alfons Adriaensen
<fons.adriaensen(a)alcatel.be> writes:
Yes. And you can't expect a manufacturer of a e.g. soundcard to update
all drivers each time you or any other customer decide to upgrade his
system. If *you* modify your system and thereby make an existing driver
useless, then it's up to *you* to find a solution, For the same reasons, there would be no need to
upgrade your Linux
version, and you don't need driver updates. The current closed-source
driver will still work in 5 years.
Now, you're twisting everything to fit a twisted view. Software is
changed much more often than hardware. maybe by providing a
compatibility interface in your new system. You can't expect others to
pay for the consequences of your decisions. A manufacturer will adapt
to a new system if that is in his interest, otherwise not.
Paul, Jan, Fons, and others. I believe that you should switch your
software to proprietary and make a living out of it. Because in that
case your reasoning would be perfectly valid.
Marek