Google’s not-so-secret new OS

Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS by lmm on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @08:11AM (#13651722)

> The reality is the manufacturers still have the mentality that once something is sold their responsibility ends.

Not my experience. I have three hardware devices that worked on Windows, Linux and FreeBSD 5-10 years ago, and now only work on Windows and FreeBSD. (Amusingly enough one of them is a windows CE device)

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Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS by flukus on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @10:43PM (#13657628)

Isn't that another example of manufacturers not supporting their hardware? Are the windows/FreeBSD drivers still maintained or do they just still work?

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Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS by lmm on Thursday February 16, 2017 @03:34AM (#13658468)

I think I quoted the wrong line. They're not maintained, but they still work because Windows and FreeBSD have stable driver ABIs.

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Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS by flukus on Thursday February 16, 2017 @04:07PM (#13663580)

WebGL and webusb make that a big security risk.

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