Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Jul 2006 22:16:57 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: Driver for Microsoft USB Fingerprint Reader |
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>[snip] >> I hate when vendors like ATI, Conexant and UPEK publish binary drivers >> without publishing the chipset spec... They should decide whether >> their IP is on the software part or on the hardware part, if it is on >> the hardware part, they are making money in selling the hardware. If >> it is on the software part, there is no reason why not providing the >> information for others to write software to work with the primitive >> hardware. So in either case there should be full hardware interface >> disclosure.
It's time some Taiwanese company starts manufacturing graphics chips (and do it like wireless were code is mostly released)
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