Le 06.05.2006, Jerome Lambert a supposé :
> Olivier a écrit :
>> Le kernel de Linux tourne au grand bordel.
>>
>> Les développeurs n'ont plus envie de corriger les bugs, et on ne sait plus
>> à qui envoyer le code.
>>
>> Bref, tout cela est dans:
>>
>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39267255,00.htm
>
> Il y a un passage intéressant, qui rejoint un thread récent:
>
> "This is particularly a problem for bugs that affect old computers or
> peripherals, as kernel developers working for corporations don't tend to care
> about out-of-date hardware, he said. Nowadays, many kernel developers are
> employed by IT companies, such as hardware manufacturers, which can cause
> problems as they can mainly be motivated by self-interest.
>
> "If you're a company that employs a kernel maintainer, you don't have an
> interest in working on a five-year-old peripheral that no one is selling any
> more. I can understand that, but it is a problem as people are still using
> that hardware."
>
> Bientôt, tout comme sous Windows, une liste des matériels dont le support a
> cessé?
> (...)

Voui, sauf que sous Windows, l'arrêt du support ne crée pas de bug, car
le contrôle qualité est nettement plus sévère...

Olivier