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[OM] Re: E3 firmware update AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

Subject: [OM] Re: E3 firmware update AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
From: David Thatcher <davidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 01:10:11 +1030
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 04:21:35AM +0100, Manuel Viet wrote:
> The only acceptable backward compatibility is source-level compatibility. 
> Aiming for binary compatibility is akin to painting a huge target on your 
> buttock and running around screaming "kick me !". Eventually, you will be.
> 
> The linux kernel api has changed at about every major release since 10 years, 
> but nobody cares because nearly all programs are compiled for the new target. 
> Binary only programs break, but that's just another incentive to use only 
> open source.

my point, exactly...

davidt


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