From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 06:10:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F0316A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:10:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp9.wanadoo.fr (smtp9.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8098743D53 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:10:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0912.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id BA5BB1C005F6 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:10:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf0912.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 9DCC41C005F4 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:10:25 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050215061025646.9DCC41C005F4@mwinf0912.wanadoo.fr Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:10:25 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <150645763.20050215071025@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <7F3738CE-7F16-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> References: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> <823196404.20050212105644@wanadoo.fr> <420DE422.3020102@wanadoo.es> <1546398643.20050212123202@wanadoo.fr> <420E0164.7090300@wanadoo.es> <1587470376.20050215001857@wanadoo.fr> <501532379.20050215064923@wanadoo.fr> <7F3738CE-7F16-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:10:26 -0000 Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: > If I am not mistaken, MS has a certification process for 3rd party > drivers. That is, they approve them and digitally sign them. And they > stick them on their OS distribution CDs. Hence, they are part of MS's > OS offering. They are vetted by MS first. Yes, but not all drivers are certified in this way. The ones that are are far less likely to cause trouble. They may still have bugs--Microsoft does not audit the code line by line--but they are usually reasonably stable. It's a step forward. -- Anthony