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Update On Free Linux Driver Development

Posted by kdawson on from the i'll-have-one-with-sprinkles dept.

Remember the offer Greg Kroah-Hartman made earlier this year, to get Linux drivers written for free for any company that wanted them? Now an anonymous reader points us to an article up on linuxworld with an update to this program. Greg K-H, who leads the development of several kernel subsystems including USB and PCI, admits that the January offer was a bit of "marketing hype" — but says it has brought companies and developers together anyway. Twelve companies have said "yes please," one driver is already in the kernel, and five more are in the pipeline.

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  1. Criticism from the peanut gallery by tyler_larson · · Score: 3, Funny
    FTA:

    While one developer of a competing open source operating system has criticized the NDA approach...
    While no mention was made of the identity of the criticizing developer, 10:1 says that the "competing" operating system has the letters *BS* right there in the name.
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    1. Re:Criticism from the peanut gallery by QuantumG · · Score: 1, Funny

      If only there was a casino that would cover this kind of action.. you could make a lot of money betting on things that happened 5 months ago.

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  2. Re:so did he write them for free or didn't he by Atzanteol · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, how dare the bastard exchange currency for goods and services!

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  3. Outlandish statements by The+Monster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Try researching before making outlandish statements
    Welcome to Slashdot. If there weren't any outlandish statements, there'd only be a couple of stories a day on the front page.
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