Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 29, 2004 07:31 AM
"The \0 is a technical workaround to prevent a slew of redundant and confusing messages appearing on the console when our modem driver modules are loaded."
In other words:
"The \0 is an attempt to pacify Linux users into thinking we are good community members. We think the Linux user community isn't mature enough to live with proprietary drivers. We think they are dumb enough to fall for it and leave us alone. We also don't want to have to take support calls based on the messages that print when the driver is loaded. We want the Linux community to debug and diagnose any bugs that may be revealed in our proprietary driver so we don't have to pay any staff to do it. We are lazy, penny-pinching, sleazy business people trying to keep our costs down through dishonest methods. We are surprised that the Linux community discovered what we did and think this lame explaination will fool them into accepting our sleazy action."
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In other words...
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 29, 2004 07:31 AMIn other words:
"The \0 is an attempt to pacify Linux users into thinking we are good community members. We think the Linux user community isn't mature enough to live with proprietary drivers. We think they are dumb enough to fall for it and leave us alone. We also don't want to have to take support calls based on the messages that print when the driver is loaded. We want the Linux community to debug and diagnose any bugs that may be revealed in our proprietary driver so we don't have to pay any staff to do it. We are lazy, penny-pinching, sleazy business people trying to keep our costs down through dishonest methods. We are surprised that the Linux community discovered what we did and think this lame explaination will fool them into accepting our sleazy action."
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