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What you state is the primary problem in the industry
The outright theft of Intellectual Property is one of the biggest things out there. The fact that ATI and NVIDIA dont want people to know what they are doing is great for the Justice Dept. to know about so they can go and raid them.

That said aside, in the real world, hardware is used for up to 20 years (or sometimes even more) from the time it is released. In reality, people are not going to buy something new just because it came out. They are fed up with buying something new every year or two. And companies cannot afford it.

Releasing something stable that will run today as well as 20 years from now and being able to update the operating system for that length of time as well is the type of stability that the business sector is looking for.

In the case of businesses, most business related actions still do not require anything beyond a VT52/VT55/VT100/VT125 terminal.

The EU has definitely gotten the gist of this and I applaud their ban on software patents. If the rest of the world followed suit with the software patent ban, then this problem of proprietary and hidden drivers would vanish overnight. The video card specifications used to be published in extreme detail years ago - and everyone published their full details. People were able to fully support their products back then. Not now. Now you have to rely upon the manufacturer. Rather than the manufacturer focusing on the development of new hardware, they are now focusing on the development and hiding of their software. It is such a lose-lose situation, but they just dont get it.

As for the local telco, they are happy to assist you with your request for direct access to their switches by providing a better connection for you. You just have to ask for the right equipment. The general telephone you pick up off the store shelf is just about garbage. If you want something premium, then get something that meets the right specifications.

Quite frankly, if you have a DSL modem, you have a piece of that advanced equipment - and it connects directly to your own private switch at the telco...
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Novell bans proprietary Linux modules  Loverock Davidson | 08/01/06
Don't be any dumber than necessary, Rock.  Henry Miller | 08/01/06
I haven't thus far  Loverock Davidson | 08/01/06
You did thus now...  yyuko@... | 08/01/06
And so it begins  Loverock Davidson | 08/01/06
And your point is?  nucrash | 08/01/06
That's hypocritical and chicken s@#$  JamesSingleton | 08/01/06
Stupid.  baggins_z | 08/01/06
And everyone says, "Huh"?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
It works just fine  Tim Patterson | 08/01/06
A better choice  JamesSingleton | 08/01/06
Good thing they're not the only vendor!  Henaway | 08/01/06
And look where it's getting them...  Tim Patterson | 08/01/06
For the desktop maybe...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
Signed their death warrant?  Michael Kelly | 08/01/06
I call Bull.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
not the point  NemesisNL | 08/01/06
Gee, seems like they are  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
Older ones are  Michael Kelly | 08/01/06
Do you need 3D and modem drivers in server software?  clockmendergb@... | 08/11/06
Open source is the better tool  bdg_z | 08/01/06
Whoa up...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
Mirrors  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/01/06
What does IP have to do with this?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
Everything  Edward Meyers | 08/01/06
Tell me WHOS copyrights are violated?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
Whose ax is gored  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/01/06
Whoa up...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
No_Ax Says...  NetArch. | 08/01/06
Novell was "done" anyway.  Anton Philidor | 08/01/06
Who says they couldn't have been profitable separately?  Michael Kelly | 08/01/06
SuSE says.  Anton Philidor | 08/02/06
RE: Novell was "done" anyway.  richdave | 08/10/06
It's like I said, community and proprietary software don't mix  stevey_d | 08/02/06
The arrogance of the Linux Community is amazing  ITTech001 | 08/01/06
Not quite  chill633 | 08/01/06
There are few things in the world...  Henry Miller | 08/01/06
The arrogance of hardware vendors  cabdriverjim | 08/01/06
That is kind of supporting what I'm getting at  ITTech001 | 08/01/06
What you state is the primary problem in the industry  kokuryu | 08/01/06
Gee, my ten year old drivers still work.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
Gee-Whiz... Educate me  ITTech001 | 08/01/06
Compile? No that's for geeks with nothing better to do  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
No, he's not dead wrong  NetArch. | 08/01/06
Better things to do?  pyellman | 08/10/06
The arrogance of the Poster is amazing....  eliyahu | 08/01/06
So what is your point?  ITTech001 | 08/01/06
SuSE 10.1?  laredoflash@... | 08/01/06
Novell are Boneheads  JamesSingleton | 08/01/06
not bone heads, but even so...  shryko | 08/01/06
On advice of counsel  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/01/06
So your suggesting that Linux can't use proprietary.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
You know you're just trash talking!  Spikey_Mike | 08/01/06
Well it would seem Novell disagrees  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
nope  NemesisNL | 08/01/06
Ah, I see, and how many users  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/01/06
It's clear that Linux will never challenge windows  stevey_d | 08/02/06
That is what they said already  kokuryu | 08/01/06
A wise move ...  George Mitchell | 08/01/06
What 'bout Big Blue?  seosamh_z | 08/01/06
Mixing is kosher  NetArch. | 08/01/06
Very insightful ...  George Mitchell | 08/02/06
A different animal ...  George Mitchell | 08/02/06
United we stand with Stallman  Boot_Agnostic | 08/01/06
Here's a thought.....  Shelendrea | 08/01/06
Novelle is a consulting firm, Novell is the company we are talking about...  Physco Dude | 08/02/06
Novell is simply a business making businbess decisions...  Physco Dude | 08/02/06
its just the law  Aussie_Troll | 12/14/06

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