Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

[Andrew McGregor <andrew@indranet.co.nz>]

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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