From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: Kasper Sandberg <lkml@metanurb.dk>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
John Richard Moser <nigelenki@comcast.net>,
Kevin K <k_krieser@sbcglobal.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Driver model.. expel legacy drivers?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:13:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1161008002.25309.11.camel@mindpipe> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1160991586.10100.6.camel@localhost>
On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 11:39 +0200, Kasper Sandberg wrote:
> that makes very much sense, theres just one thing i dont understand.
>
> when there is an established standard, how can it EVER be in a
> companys best interrest to develop a new product that doesent use it,
> and thereby requires the development of new drivers, the distributing
> of those drivers, and all that sort?
Easy - when they think they can provide equivalent functionality and hit
a lower price point (or make a bigger profit at the same price point) by
violating the standard.
Lee
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-16 14:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-14 3:18 Driver model.. expel legacy drivers? John Richard Moser
2006-10-14 7:56 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-10-14 11:19 ` James Courtier-Dutton
2006-10-14 15:04 ` John Richard Moser
2006-10-14 18:54 ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-10-14 20:48 ` John Richard Moser
2006-10-15 15:31 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-10-14 21:14 ` Kevin K
2006-10-14 21:44 ` John Richard Moser
2006-10-15 0:03 ` Alan Cox
2006-10-14 23:51 ` John Richard Moser
2006-10-15 1:24 ` Kevin K
2006-10-15 1:51 ` Alistair John Strachan
2006-10-15 14:33 ` Alan Cox
2006-10-16 9:39 ` Kasper Sandberg
2006-10-16 14:13 ` Lee Revell [this message]
2006-10-16 19:04 ` Lennart Sorensen
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