Linked by Jim Kirkley on Thu 12th Jun 2003 02:18 UTC
Back on June 9 2003, OSNews posted an article by Joshua Boyles entitled "The Edge Computing System". In that article Joshua lays out his vision, "of a new and very unique computing system". In this new article, an attempt will be made to further build on Jonathan's ideas through what can be termed, "Open Peripheral Hardware Connectivity".
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Deep wrote:
> Think of such device which you don't have to hunt
> for device driver and the devices will install for
> u. The embedded device driver should also support
> future versions of OSes.
Dano wrote:
> their would be no device specific drivers. each
> device would interface via the standard protocal
> for that type of device. Like printers or mouses.
> each advancement in the interface would include an
> updated interface to expand options available in new
> devices, but remain backwards compatible with old
> devices by still using the base set of calls.
Both concepts are already specified, and mostly implemented, in the Uniform Driver Interface (UDI), which is gleefully ignored by the masses (even among OS alternative advocates around here) and actively flamed by the FSF because it doesn't fit their picture of "free" software.
:-(