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On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 09:49 +0000, Felix Oxley wrote: [...] > Two advantages to a certified logo program: [...] > 2. To enable PC manufactures to badge their entire systems (e.g. a > Dell with a Linux Compatible sticker on the box). Actually it would probably some pressure on Dell to actually admit the (some) Linux runs on their hardware. In the marketing folders, they recommend software from the evil empire. And I saw last week an add from Lenovo where they also recommend the monopoly software. This raises - at least for me - the question how serious IBM was and is with their support and commitment Linux .... > The long term objective being to put those manufacturers who don't > supply open source drivers at a disadvantage. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - 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/ | ||||||||||||
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