"The Linux kernel devs are so determined to break binary compatibility...."
Well, of course. As long as no one else can use their drivers, they won't get a serious competitor in open source land. Pity about the rot in official drivers, though (e.g. for me, the latest is USB 1.x sound dongles in debian lenny -> squeeze).
Which suggests to me that if I wanted to write a OS that could become really popular I should use Windows device drivers in a microkernel approach where each lives in its own address space and process. Hmmm.
Well, of course. As long as no one else can use their drivers, they won't get a serious competitor in open source land. Pity about the rot in official drivers, though (e.g. for me, the latest is USB 1.x sound dongles in debian lenny -> squeeze).
Which suggests to me that if I wanted to write a OS that could become really popular I should use Windows device drivers in a microkernel approach where each lives in its own address space and process. Hmmm.