On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Chris Brannon <cmbrannon79@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Pierre Chapuis <catwell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> There are things like that (think NDIS - it's Microsoft, but it's a >> step in the right direction), just not enough , but I think it's a >> question of time. > > And then there's the UDI (universal driver interface) (UDI), which Stallman > doesn't like. I can certainly see arguments for both sides of that > issue. > > As an aside, I interviewed for a job with MS last year. At some point, > the device driver issue was discussed. One of my interviewers made the > comment that a universal driver interface would be a bad thing, because > it "reduces competition". I don't think that they like commoditized > things at all. > Was that a private joke or something ? :) The only thing MS has ever done or tried to do is killing competition. And who writes drivers ? Isn't it / shouldn't it be the hardware makers who designed the hardware in the first place ? And most of them probably invest 99% of the resources for Windows, and 1% for all the other os. Well it probably depends a lot on the hardware/drivers we talk about, so it is probably difficult to stay general. And to be honest, I probably don't have a good picture of it. But it just sounds like a funny argument to me.
