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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 02:24:29 +0100
From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: Honest does not pay here ...
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On Tue, 07 Jan 2003, Andrew Walrond wrote:

> Matthias Andree wrote:
> >You're at the author's mercy if you need to upgrade your kernel or if
> >the driver doesn't work for you. I'd rather know before buying a product
> >(modem, GFX board, ...) if there's either non-NDA'd documentation or
> >better an OpenSource driver or at least support for such.
> 
> Fine for us developers, but 99.5% of users wouldn't recognise a c 
> function if it jumped up and bit them on the ass. If it doesn't say 
> "linux supported" on the box, they won't buy it. Google? Source Forge? 
> ./configure? WTFIT?. Where is their freedom?

> Until the manufacturers start providing good quality supported drivers 
> for their hardware, binary or source, linux will stay exactly where it 
> is now; a server room tool and a hobbyists playground.

> I for one think thats a real shame

Only that you can't trust in the el-cheapo vendors claiming Linux
support, and an independent certification is needed (not only for Linux,
for the *BSDs as well). Without a trusted certification, some crooks may
try to claim Linux support and it won't quite work out.
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