Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:36:06 -0500 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@messagingdirect.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: if_fxp - the real point Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20010314123346.01f13260@mail.etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <20010314090915.D29888@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010314110743.02373a00@mail.etinc.com> <200103092332.f29NW4785782@gollum.esys.ca> <20010309221250.2384337B71B@hub.freebsd.org> <200103092332.f29NW4785782@gollum.esys.ca> <20010314123503.C74704@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <5.0.0.25.0.20010314110743.02373a00@mail.etinc.com>
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At 12:09 PM 03/14/2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >* Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> [010314 08:14] wrote: > > > > A better strategy would be to welcome ALL vendors AND binary distributions > > (who may release source under NDA if they chose) so that the best products > > could be available for FreeBSD without the adversity of the > > "geek-revolution" that you propose. > >I don't know about that: > >how many times does windows crash because of poorly written drivers >rather than flaws in the core OS? (*) Im not sure of what the difference is. There are many poorly written drivers in FreeBSD and linux also. The fact that you have source may be soothing, but it doesnt help the 99% of people that cant fix it themselves. db To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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