Allegedly, on or about 05 October 2016, JD sent: > I am wondering why they (and others like broadcom) keep their drivers > proprietary. Educated guess: Paranoia that it'll aid competitors, or that someone will find out they've copied someone else's work into their product. >From my perspective, of hardware that I'd want to use, graphics cards and printer drivers are the worst offenders. Virtually no manufacturer builds a device that is based an an existing scheme that can be directly supported and optionally improved, everything is a re-invention of the wheel. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. Windows, it's enough to make a grown man cry! _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
