And none of that has anything to do with what Jim Sibley was saying. Hence, the non sequitur. I guess some people are more interested in flaming IBM than in reading what people are actually writing.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Henry Schaffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 5:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LCS drivers for 2.4.9 ? Mark writes: >That's an interesting non sequitur. I don't think its a non sequitur - having something OCO means it can't be updated for new kernel releases, it can't be investigated when problems are happening, it depends on IBM for everything. That is a real business risk for people who depend on OSA cards for 390 data communications. --henry schaffer >Mark Post > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alan Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 3:42 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: LCS drivers for 2.4.9 ? > >> Remember, the ONLY Linux kernel OCO code IBM supplies, to my knowlede, is >> for OSA cards! > >And what about next month, or next year. In the PC world I can rip out a >card if a vendor screws me, and go elsewhere. Its a $200 annoyance not >a million dollar business risk. > >Alan
