On Aug 31, 2006, at 7:01 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Pedro Martelletto wrote:
On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 06:50:00PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
Even at the kernel level? Look at device drivers and vendors as one
example ... companies like adaptec have to write *one* device
driver, for,
what, 50+ distributions of linux ... for us, they need to write
one for
FreeBSD, one for NetBSD, one for OpenBSD, and *now* one for
DragonflyBSD
... if we had *at least* a common API for that sort of stuff, it
might be
asier to get support at the vendor level, no?
Vendors should release documentation, not write drivers.
In a perfect world, they all would ... this is not a perfect
world, it is one dominated by Linux or Microsoft ... I use Adaptec
drivers on 3 of my servers, because, in 4.x, they were rock
solid ... in 6.x, they have a problem ... I'd like to be able to go
out and upgrade those servers to a vendor that provides
"documentation", but its a cost I can't afford at this time ... so,
should I then switch to Linux because they do welcome 'vendor
written drivers'? Rhetorical question, since I do not consider
switching to Linux an option ... instead, I'm trying to do
something to help *BSD advocates promote *BSD to those vendors (see
http://www.bsdstats.org) by showing them that we aren't just a
'hobbiest operating system' ... what my point is, though, is if we
aren't willing to accept 'vendor written drivers', then it is *we*
that are limiting our growth but limiting what hardware we can run
stably on ...
If everyone had your attitude, there would be no *BSD. Settling for
"good enough" means never making progress.
--
Jason Dixon
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net
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