VXDs under linux?

[Ian Schmidt]

In article <3ab2dd4e.2340476 at news.stargate.net>,
Chris <antispam at stargate.net> wrote:

>Ok, thanks.  One last thought:  I heard MS is making 95% of the winXP
>code available to the big people... maybe after a linux kernel hacker
>gets ahold of that the support could be ported.

1) That would be illegal, the code is not under any kind of open license,
   and there's non-disclosures from here to Mars covering it.
2) You're missing the point entirely.  WE DONT *WANT* VXDS UNDER LINUX,
   IT WOULD BE A HORRIBLE TRAGIC BAD DISASTEROUS THING!!!!  See, the 
   reason Windows is unstable is in many cases because of the 3rd 
   party VxDs being buggy.  If you ran them under Linux they'd crash 
   your kernel just as much as they crash Windows'.  I know it's harsh, 
   but throw away whatever it is you don't have drivers for and buy 
   something supported.  Or lobby the manufacturer for specs.

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