Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750854AbVLHIxV (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 03:53:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750863AbVLHIxU (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 03:53:20 -0500 Received: from mail22.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.24]:63692 "EHLO mail22.sea5.speakeasy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750854AbVLHIxT (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2005 03:53:19 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 00:53:19 -0800 (PST) From: Vadim Lobanov To: Nicolas Mailhot cc: Felix Oxley , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven , Arjan van de Ven , Jesse Barnes , Pekka Enberg , Jon Masters , Grahame White , Benjamin LaHaise , "Randy.Dunlap" , Lars Marowsky-Bree , "linux-os ((Dick Johnson))" , Rik van Riel , Dirk Steuwer , Andrea Arcangeli , Lee Revell Subject: Re: Linux Hardware Quality Labs (was: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario) In-Reply-To: <4397E427.2070702@laposte.net> Message-ID: References: <6DAD0850-4943-416E-9E7B-095C6B412DD0@oxley.org> <4397E427.2070702@laposte.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1499 Lines: 38 On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > Felix Oxley wrote: > A good exhaustive online centralised hardware database, blessed and > maintained by kernel people, will have influence with or without a logo. I don't think this is quite right. The beauty of having a simple and easily-recognizable logo plastered on a website or product box or what have you is exactly that -- simplicity. That's a good thing, because it means that the person looking to purchase some bit of hardware can merely look for that one sign, and it'll be "guaranteed" to work. Simplicity is a very good thing, in this case -- the easier it is for a consumer to check/notice/comprehend something, the more likely they are to use it and put value into that process. This leads to greater mindshare for that logo. And besides, there are some cases where an online database does not help you much: for example, if you find yourself shopping in a brick-and-mortar store. An online database is definitely a very useful thing to have, for those who know to look for it, and who can look at it. But aside from that, a simple logo is what the vast majority of people wishing to purchase hardware would benefit from the most. > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas Mailhot > - -Vadim Lobanov - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/