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Qualcomm Calls To 'Kill All Proprietary Drivers For Good'

Posted by timothy on from the you-and-what-army dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Next week at the sixth Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, two Qualcomm Atheros engineers will be making a stand for killing all proprietary drivers for good — across all operating systems. The Qualcomm slides go over their early plans. Do they stand a chance?"

3 of 195 comments (clear)

  1. chance or no... by X0563511 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know where I'm throwing my money the next time I need such hardware!

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    For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
  2. A possible prerequisite... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Killing software patents.

  3. Start with their GSM/CDMA/LTE basebands. by bytestorm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If Qualcomm starts with their cellphone baseband processors, I'll start listening.