Talking to Logitech on the phone regarding webcam support for linux
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu Feb 8 18:49:26 UTC 2007
Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 08/02/07, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A better question for most of us might be "who knows more about how to
>> make it work best, you or the experts that designed it? And as far as
>> changing it, wouldn't it be best to keep expenses down to let hardware
>> providers make changes as frequently as technology permits, supplying
>> drivers to match instead of waiting for an OS provider that might be
>> dealing with thousands of other devices to catch up?
>>
>
> I would agree with you IF those same hardware providers actually DID
> get off their asses and write the drivers. But they are not.
You mean they aren't writing them for Linux... But they do write them
for an OS that provides a stable interface definition and allows
distribution of the driver along with the OS. Coincidence?
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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