From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: A scary story from the real world.
Date: 9 Nov 2007 23:44:23 -0600
Date: 2007-11-09T23:44:23-06:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6dnoNdRLROF5@eisner.encompasserve.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: sa4pryjx8tf.fsf@snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au
In article <sa4pryjx8tf.fsf@snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au>, Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au> writes:
> I see only two solutions:
>
> 1. Microsoft write or review drivers themselves. Unlikely to
> happen. Even with an open source model like Linux, some drivers that
> end up in the kernel are horrible (or so I have heard); there are
> simply too many drivers to review and possibly rewrite every one.
Some hardware vendors are unwilling to share the details of how their
hardware works with other companies.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-10 5:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-09 17:33 A scary story from the real world Per Sandberg
2007-11-09 20:46 ` Jerry
2007-11-09 21:15 ` Per Sandberg
2007-11-09 21:25 ` Larry Kilgallen
2007-11-10 23:03 ` Jerry
2007-11-11 0:11 ` tmoran
2007-11-11 8:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2007-11-12 7:36 ` Harald Korneliussen
2007-11-12 8:27 ` Brian May
2007-11-12 13:04 ` Stephen Leake
2007-11-12 15:09 ` Georg Bauhaus
2007-11-11 14:24 ` Brian Drummond
2007-11-09 22:09 ` anon
2007-11-10 0:06 ` Brian May
2007-11-10 5:44 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
2007-11-10 21:40 ` Harald Korneliussen
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