Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:28:52 +0900 | From | Magnus Damm <> | Subject | Re: Runs with Linux (tm) |
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On 12/8/05, Jeffrey Hundstad <jeffrey.hundstad@mnsu.edu> wrote: > Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > > >On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 02:12:20PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > > > > >>If even some "Linux-friendly" hardware manufacturers barely cooperate > >>with the Linux comminuty now what makes you think this would work? > >> > >> > > > >Nothing in life is guaranteed. But at the very least, I think it would > >be a good step towards improving the Linux end user experience. Instead > >of the unclear mess we have now (Is it supported? Check with your > >vendor!), we would be able to say "Look for the Linux Certified logo". > >Combine that with a standard format for source code driver disks, and > >it would be a good step in the right direction. > > > > > > > The problem as I see it: > > A hardware vendor hires someone to write a driver. The driver is > completed and submitted and finally makes it into the kernel. It's > fully GPL and everyone is happy. The hardware gets a "Native Linux > Support" logo. The card goes out of favor and no one is interested in > maintaining the driver, it is marked obsolete and finally removed from > the kernel. ...the logo still suggests the hardware will work.
I think "Designed for Windows" has the same problem. I know some hardware that works well with Win98 but no driver exist for XP. Fortunately that hardware works with Linux...
I would say the fix is "Runs with Linux(tm) 2005-2006" and the hardware vendor finances maintainance during the specified period.
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