[olug] What if USB no longer worked on Mac's or Linux?

[Dave Thacker]

On Friday 24 September 2004 18:51, John Dickson wrote:
> To bring this out in such a forum is Linux poison. Cause for the Linux
> community, in a small part, to erode. 

It's important to me that the Linux Community grow and expand.  I think we 
need to be aware of the forces that shape our environment.  My post was not 
intended as a scare tactic. 

>Not any different than a market
> steering technique via terror comments that pose such dominance and
> control. "How are we going to protect ourselves!!!" Agghhh. Hardware has
> been an issue for Linux for a long time. Drivers were written by users in
> many cases, not hardware manufacturers.

Excellent point.  My questions are:  How often do key hardware vendors refuse 
to cooperate with driver authors?   Do any of the major corporate 
contributors to Linux (Novell, IBM) want to use their influence to get 
drivers for new desktop hardware written?  
>
>  I see this (the article and the mechanism/fish that gets hooked) as a
> piece of the MS machine working it's stuff!
>
>  I wonder if the military does this kinda mental masterbation without any
> real climax???????????  What's it called when they work a mindset
> (group)??? Leverage  fear and joule output increases exponentially? Bill
> does not love Linus. Corporate warfare.
>
> That's all I have. Have a nice day.:)
I was flipping channels last night when I ran across the scene in Demolition 
Man where Sandra Bullock tells Sylvester Stallone that since Taco Bell won 
the franchise wars, all restaurants were now Taco Bells :)  I don't really 
see us headed in that direction yet, but I think MS needs the competition to 
keep them honest.  

Dave


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