> > Or did I miss some important concept?
> Yes you did. Linux is hacker environment. Why do people hack? Because it
> is a art form. Its your creation. Thats why I program. Linux is like
> heaven to a true hacker. Thats why I moved from M$ windows to Linux. You
> can create whatever you like with unlimited freedom. Take that away and
> force people to use a properitary API then you take away the magic. If you
> don't understand that well not everyone appreciates art. So please support
> programming freedom.
I'd very much prefer to excercise my freedom on writing new applications,
or supporting a lot of applications in one sweep by working on a driver
type module than by hacking up applications individually so they work with
the next graphics card.
Comming up with a clever design for doing this cleanly is what hacking is
all about, IMHV.
-- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viņa del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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