From: Michael Taylor <mctaylor@privacy.nb.ca>
To: Jeremy Utley <jerutley@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Serial hub firmware and Debian 3.1
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:03:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050726180322.GA94239@coffee> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d5d4185b0507252146514598d8@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 09:46:06PM -0700, Jeremy Utley wrote:
> A little off topic for the list, I know, but why can you understand a
> manufacturer not releasing driver sources?
>
> a) The driver sources are no good unless you already have the hardware
> b) A manufacturer *SHOULD* want to allow people to use their hardware
Because increasingly "features" are not implemented in hardware but
in either programmable firmware or the drivers itself. The usage of
surplus CPU cycles on the motherboard means that less hardware is
needed on the device itself. This translates to fewer components,
lower costs, cheaper selling price, which in a post-Walmart world
means more sales and thus more profits.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-07-26 18:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-25 3:56 Serial hub firmware and Debian 3.1 Dave Platt
2005-07-25 4:30 ` Hamish Moffatt
2005-07-25 21:35 ` Wilbert Knol
2005-07-26 4:46 ` Jeremy Utley
2005-07-26 17:24 ` Dave Platt
2005-07-26 18:03 ` Michael Taylor [this message]
2005-07-26 20:50 ` Wilbert Knol
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2005-07-25 2:55 Wilbert Knol
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