____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 07 August 2007 09:35 : \____
> waterskidoo <water.skidoo@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On 2007-08-06, Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Well, Peter K would have us all on binary drivers, locked to hardware
>>> combinations determined by grey-suited people in smart offices.
>>
>> I don't think Peter said that at all.
>> Unless I am mistaken,he said that in the scheme of things
>> having a binary only driver is better than having no driver at all.
>> I agree with him.
>>
>
> Exactly - you too would have us all on binary drivers, unable to use
> anything but particular combinations of hardware which the manufacturers
> have pre-determined.
>
> That is not freedom, that is lock-in.
Tell her that story about the DIMM.
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