[sdiy] OT: Screw Linux.

[Jay Vaughan]

>A more apropos thing to wonder about would be why chip vendors
>don't give their specs without an NDA, forcing libre software
>implementers (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD...) to reverse
>engineer them, with poor compatibility as a result.
>

this is not absolute.  i count gargantuan quantities, since '93, of 
chip vendors and hardware vendors who have cooperated with the linux 
movement in full force, from cyclades to yamaha to motorola and 
onwards ..

>As for your laptop, I'd suggest you ask for help on the CCRMA
>mailing lists, newsgroups or forums. Someone may have the
>answer.
>

linux, and F/OSS as a general sphere of activity, is mostly a social asset.

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Jay Vaughan