Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:18:21 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore? Message-ID: <4E286D6D.9010201@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110721170055.GD69370@guilt.hydra> 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>
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On 21/07/2011 18:00, Chad Perrin wrote: > I suspect those drivers are the drivers that have *survived*. I saw > hardware suddenly stop working because of driver issues just between > SP1 and SP2 of XP -- including, in one case, the hard drive that had > the OS on it. The system would start booting, then unload the driver > because it was not "compatible", thus losing contact with the very > hard drive from which it was loading the OS. Maybe I was just lucky, > though. Obviously Microsoft does introduce new driver technologies with new OS releases: there was a new video architecture in Vista, for example. However, they do seem rather good at supporting older technologies such as TDI, and I suspect those drivers that fail aren't very well written. -- Bruce Cran
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