[Am-info] A CALL FOR HARDWARE VENDORS TO RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THEIR PRODUCTS

[Erick Andrews]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 16:43:29 -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:

>A CALL FOR HARDWARE VENDORS TO RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THEIR PRODUCTS
>(Source: InfoWorld.com) The time of waffling on Linux
>support has long passed. It's time to begin playing the game for
>real. Hardware vendors that don't start now could find themselves
>on the outs with a major push in the industry. And that is not a
>wise move.
>http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=653256
>

This is positive.  Hopeful.

After all, these hardware designers/makers/vendors don't write
OSes, networking software or major utility applications.

Why the secrecy about device registers and H/W access methods?

I would think it would behoove them to open up and sell more
gear...unless of course MS has a nasty lock on them.  Now, that
couldn't be, could it?  BTW, has this aspect of antitrust tying been
seriously brought up before?

-- 
Erick Andrews