Re: The future of NetBSD

2006-09-06 Thread Timo Schoeler
thus Joseph A. Dacuma spake: I don't think that binary only drivers are well enough. Surely better than nothing but ... No fucking way. No support is FAR FAR better than a blob. Yes, really! Don't forget that an open source team sometimes makes api changes that might break a binary only

Re: The future of NetBSD

2006-09-06 Thread Peter Hessler
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:47:32 +0200 Timo Schoeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Hi All! : : I agree totally with Mr. Peereboom. IMHO, BLOBS are not sustainable : in the long run. If a manufacturer decides to retire a particular : model (driver support included) while OS keeps on releasing newer