Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 01:25:42 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@ppp-207-193-186-1.kscymo.swbell.net> To: karsten@rohrbach.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: idea: official hardware manufacturer blacklist - let's wake em up! Message-ID: <200002280725.BAA46720@ppp-207-193-186-1.kscymo.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <20000228030949.A73905@rohrbach.de>
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In reply: > ok guys, here's just a little idea on how to get the hardware > manufacturer guys a little bit more responsive (in fact, i got somehow > "inspired" by the alsa sound project guys because they got something > similar)... > > let's put up a list of hardware manufacturers that do not answer our > mails, that do not hear our pleas for driver development, that simply do > not react. then we might publish a link to this thing on the freebsd.org Why not? One or two people calling a week doesn't attract that much attention within these companies. Maybe a list of manufacturers dealing exclusively with Gates would. I have some to add if this ever comes to pass. If we can make this a joint FreeBSD/Linux list, we can get even more media attention to this issue, this would be a good truce issue with the linux folks. We all know by now how MickeySoft does it's vendor deals, it's been well publicised, and it doesn't take rocket science to guess that they are playing dirty. Making such a list could open things up back to the old days when anyone could obtain register-level programming info on any card they wanted to. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ET has one helluva sense of humor, always anal-probing right-wing schizos! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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