Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrew McGregor <> | Subject | Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario | Date | Thu, 8 Dec 2005 20:14:22 +1300 |
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On 6/12/2005, at 3:31 AM, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Andrea Arcangeli wrote: >> >> When we don't buy hardware without open source drivers, we send the >> message to the shareholders that the management is causing them a >> loss. > > The problem with this statement is that Linux users are a drop in > the bucket of sales for this hardware. Boycotting doesn't cost the > vendors enough to make them care. And this does nothing for people > who are converting over to Linux, and didn't buy hardware with that > consideration in mind.
I happen to know of an orphaned wireless chip that might be revived if we can orchestrate orders for a few thousand cards. It has a nice Linux driver that could be open sourced very easily, as so far as I can tell it doesn't derive from anything that wasn't BSD licensed in the first place... and the hardware performance is exemplary. Anyone with significant purchasing capacity reading this?
Andrew
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