I don't know that this decision will result in a flood of new drivers. Probably the most obvious area where improved drivers would make an impact would be in video cards, but any efforts to develop open-source drivers for them would require cooperation from their manufacturers (meaning ATI and nVidia, etc). In other words, Yes, IBM's decision will (or at least should) have a positive effect on OS projects that are working with their products, but it's less clear that it would have a spill over effect with other manufacturers. Still, I consider IBM's move to be a good one. Just my 2 cents -- J.W.
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