Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932200AbVLIFtV (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Dec 2005 00:49:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932371AbVLIFtV (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Dec 2005 00:49:21 -0500 Received: from mgate01.necel.com ([203.180.232.81]:15074 "EHLO mgate01.necel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932200AbVLIFtU (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Dec 2005 00:49:20 -0500 To: Dirk Steuwer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051205121851.GC2838@holomorphy.com> <20051206011844.GO28539@opteron.random> <43944F42.2070207@didntduck.org> From: Miles Bader Reply-To: Miles Bader System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:49:12 +0900 In-Reply-To: (Dirk Steuwer's message of "Tue, 6 Dec 2005 09:07:21 +0000 (UTC)") Message-Id: 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: 1750 Lines: 30 Dirk Steuwer writes: > Ideally, there should be a label "designed for Linux" (or "designed for > free software" (maybe getting the bsd people on board as well?)) > straight on the box. So customers that start to care about linux, can > see this right away and make the right choice, when buying hardware. The last bit of hardware I bought, a super-cheapo NIC (for use with an ADSL modem), prominently stated it was "linux compatible". Morever, all the other brands of super-cheapo NIC alongside it on the shelf did the same thing; they all used the defacto linux logo -- the chubby penguin -- on the front of the box to indicate this, next to the windows logo to. The fine print on the side of the box said something to the effect of "linux driver is included with OS, not in box" (whereas a floppy with windows driver was in the box). I dunno, maybe there's something weird about NICs or something... I suppose for them it's a no-brainer, since they generally know their stuff will just work in linux, and the only cost to them is someone to insert the logo in the box art. Also, since competition among low-end brands like that is probably ferocious, even a little marketing advantage is probably worth persuing. [But in my experience, it's certainly not _unusual_ to see "linux compatible" on random consumer hardware boxes these days (I live in Tokyo though; maybe the market's a bit different here than where you live).] -Miles -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. - 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/