Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:21:18 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore? Message-ID: <20110721212118.GB69737@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4E286D6D.9010201@cran.org.uk> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107190736560.27391@gwdu60.gwdg.de> <CAGy-%2Bi_phtNbTh7SHhockqTuGrv%2Bd2ZLn0_6A9aKEySYO0MgTw@mail.gmail.com> <24466_1311199850_4E27526A_24466_7987_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C521866E@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <4e28160e.bVryeJCK1esNt615%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <CADGWnjXjtZwXPdFQJ8dFfZ_bG8hSp6LiJt4QvsSbS7umYG=EqQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110721141534.GC59455@guilt.hydra> <4E283B4E.4010303@cran.org.uk> <20110721170055.GD69370@guilt.hydra> <4E286D6D.9010201@cran.org.uk>
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--DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 07:18:21PM +0100, Bruce Cran wrote: > On 21/07/2011 18:00, Chad Perrin wrote: > >I suspect those drivers are the drivers that have *survived*. I saw=20 > >hardware suddenly stop working because of driver issues just between=20 > >SP1 and SP2 of XP -- including, in one case, the hard drive that had=20 > >the OS on it. The system would start booting, then unload the driver=20 > >because it was not "compatible", thus losing contact with the very=20 > >hard drive from which it was loading the OS. Maybe I was just lucky,=20 > >though.=20 >=20 > Obviously Microsoft does introduce new driver technologies with new OS=20 > releases: there was a new video architecture in Vista, for example.=20 > However, they do seem rather good at supporting older technologies such= =20 > as TDI, and I suspect those drivers that fail aren't very well written. I have less faith in the correctness of MS Windows than you, evidently. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4omE4ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWu2wCcDORF67vomfnhj3OYMpDJZY3r bjkAoOVCGxAXZlcts9oeCQaMHYBo3QYr =r8sx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DKU6Jbt7q3WqK7+M--
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