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Long-term support and backport riskLong-term support and backport riskPosted Jun 21, 2007 6:46 UTC (Thu) by smurf (subscriber, #17840)In reply to: Long-term support and backport risk by jwboyer Parent article: Long-term support and backport risk
Sure it can, but at least the open-source out-of-tree module is fixable.
Contrast that with a closed-source vendor's (*cough* NVidia *cough*) policy that their latest driver not only fixes bugs and supports newer hardware, but also discontinues support for "older" hardware.
Ouch.
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Long-term support and backport risk Posted Jun 21, 2007 13:21 UTC (Thu) by jwboyer (guest, #23296) [Link] Right, I was merely commenting that Dave's original quote was taken slightly out of context. There are open-source drivers that are out of tree and still go through certification on Enterprise distros. Having to rework and recertifiy those is something that vendors and users hate, especially when paying high dollars.
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