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Re: First vendor?
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 hetz@mail.dream.co.il wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just read Silicom's press release that they're supporting now Linux and
> the patches for their drivers will be published open source next week. (as
> soon as I'll get the location they'll put it - I'll publish it)
>
> Are they the first hardware vendors in Israel to write drivers for Linux?
>
> Thanks
> Hetz
>
No, they are not the first to write drivers for linux. But they appear to
be the first to be going the open source route. The other vendors who are
supporting linux are doing so privately. I know of three such companies. I
can't say who they are because I have signed non-disclosures with them.
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