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Old 11-17-2006, 03:00 PM   #30
k2r
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Originally Posted by arivero
provided you with a magic USB chip with a propietary driver working only in linux 2.4.x
D'oh, that's a stupid situation!
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Originally Posted by arivero
flash memory chip [...] depends on a propietary driver for some of their anti-wearing features
My brain hurts!
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Originally Posted by arivero
And finally hope you have not decided to work with the most advanced screen technology in the market, geting involved in a lot of red tape papers of patent rights and agreements where you do not know even if you can release info about it.
Uh, you mean the patriot act of all NDAs ?-)
Poor guys (and gals), us an them...

And this children is another good example how making something proprietary and keeping the sourcecode locked away instead of releasing it under GPL is lightspeeding innovation.
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