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Moving from Binary Drivers to Open Source?

Posted by Cliff on from the welcome-to-the-family dept.

GerryGilmore asks: "We are a division, specializing in telecommunications equipment, of a very large hardware manufacturer. Our equipment, DSP and PSTN boards, has been supported under Linux through a set of binary driver modules and binary libraries implementing our API set. We are in the process of migrating to a completely open source-based software infrastructure to be more in sync with the rest of the Linux industry. However, not having any real experience with moving from proprietary to an open source model, we wanted to see if the Slashdot crowd has any similar experiences to share: The Good; The Bad; The Ugly; and how best to avoid the most common pitfalls."

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  1. No experience by micsmith · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry... I have no experience in this!

    1. Re:No experience by charon_1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Wow. That was one of the most useless comments I have ever seen.....

    2. Re:No experience by jcromartie · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      In which case, this Ask Slashdot article does not apply to you.

    3. Re:No experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Offtopic? This is as ontopic as it gets.

  2. Since they won't accept my submission by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    eWeek is reporting that IE 7's weakest link will be its CSS 2 support.

    1. Re:Since they won't accept my submission by micsmith · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      really? Man, I posted a story about that earlier... I wonder why it didn't show up...

  3. GNAA FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yay

    bitch

    go gnaa

    1. Re:GNAA FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Flailed it!

  4. Re:Michael Sims Fired, Joins GNAA by micsmith · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    male nurses? You mean murses?

  5. And more importantly... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've just heard that IE7's biggest weakness will be it's lack of CSS2 support.
    That is what should be on the front page of Slashdot, not this stuff about drivers that I don't understand.
    Eweek has an article about it here...
    http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1776 943,00.as p

  6. If it is not broken... by alexandreracine · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...dont fix it.

    I am just asking myself why would you want to do that? I think you must ask yourself theses first questions.

    1- Are your current drivers free? : If yes, why bother to change?

    2- Are your current drivers working? : Look at the title.

    And I would strongly you to have a test environnement :)

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    No sig for now.
  7. Why open it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As you post said you are in the telecommunciations *business*, not the Linux "industry". How does making your drivers open sores add value for your business shareholders who ultimately sign you paycheck?