Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161026AbWLUMic (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:38:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161018AbWLUMic (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:38:32 -0500 Received: from mail1.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.169]:2678 "EHLO mail1.webmaster.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161056AbWLUMic (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:38:32 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 325 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:38:31 EST Message-ID: <458A7F01.90901@webmaster.com> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:33:05 -0800 From: "Nikolaos D. Bougalis" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041206 Thunderbird/1.0 Mnenhy/0.7.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Binary Drivers References: <7ssWL-8rd-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <7sE1N-2Y4-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <7t39Q-Ru-9@gated-at.bofh.it> In-Reply-To: <7t39Q-Ru-9@gated-at.bofh.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-Sender: nikb@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:34:56 -0800 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 216.152.70.34 X-Return-Path: nikb@webmaster.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: nikb@webmaster.com X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:34:57 -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 808 Lines: 20 Denis Vlasenko wrote: > Why vendor has a right to restrict me to a few existing OSes? Manufacturers design product as they see fit and offer it on the market; I don't see nVidia or ATI thugs twisting your arm behind you as you walk down the aisle of Fry's Electronics saying "buy this nice card we made or I'll break your arm." The bottom line is this: companies speak dollarese expertly. If you don't like product X because it does not include specs or don't like the policies of its manufacturer towards the community then vote with your wallet. -n - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/