>> While we spend time rewritting patches, M$ distributes drivers :-(.
> Yes. And when our patches are finally fixed M$ drivers still do not work
> as expected... And I STILL can not use Delphi4 due crash in video driver
:-((
Hooks and filters are innocent.
M$ problem is opacity and ugly initial design.
>> I think, the lack of extensibility is a MOST important weakness of Linux
>> kernel. We need to fix this problem. Do you agree?
> No. Adding new feature to Linux is more easy then addign new feature to
Windows.
%-(. Forget these poor windows!
Pushing an idea +
fixing the whole kernel +
fixing interfaces +
distributing new feature
= some months per feature.
New driver system = some months *once*!
>> We have completely other problem: most nice toys from winfiles.com are
not
>> interested to hackers with enough skills to implement them and users who
want
>> them do not have enough skills...
And companies almost ready to sell these features to users don't want to
distribute patches.
And users stick to windows... :-(
Do we want to rule the world? ;-)
Best regards
Alexander.
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