The very first part of the scenario is bogus
The very first part of the scenario is bogus
Posted Dec 6, 2005 4:24 UTC (Tue) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)In reply to: The very first part of the scenario is bogus by JoeBuck
Parent article: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
> Why would they?
To make money, lots of it. Imagine vendors like HP, Dell or IBM promising a distributor big bucks for shipping (supporting, allowing etc.) a binary module that supports their hardware only. Something along the lines of Compaq EFS for SCO OpenServer - the stuff that you could get only for Compaq machines under SCO OpenServer. Greed does funny things to people...