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    SubjectRe: Honest does not pay here ...
    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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