There's a good pint here regarding fiscal issues. I may easily be mistaken but didn't I hear that Linux systems are now more prevalent than Macintosh systems? That may have been over all (Including servers and TIVO) but I am certain the Linux desktop will eventually overtake Macintosh for the number 2 desktop spot. Matthew > ---------- > From: Andy Green > Reply To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2004 12:58 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Dear Fedora Community, what do you want? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 03 June 2004 16:52, Scott Sloan wrote: > > > I know nothing is for certain (besides: death and taxes :) but I would > > like to write the email just to get the issue out there. so I'm asking > > What do we want from manufactures? Just great stable drivers? GPL > > drivers? And How can we convince them that writing drivers for Linux is > > worth their time? > > They don't have to write the drivers for Linux: if you look on sf people > have > done amazing work reverse-engineering protocols and making their own > drivers. > > What they should do is > > - document their hardware registers/protocols openly, and / or > > - provide code for core driver functionality in a way that is OS > independent, > not sample code but the actual core code from the Windows driver > > Then coders can come to the device hugely empowered to make a really > superior > driver, not from backbreaking puzzling out functionality but from real > docs > or real code. > > Linux people are all the time trying to figure out which vendor to buy > devices > from for good Linux support, a vendor announcing this strategy is > guaranteed > to get my money if their device is decent and decently priced. > > - -Andy > > - -- > Automatic actions for USB cameras, cardreaders, memory sticks, MP3 players > http://warmcat.com/usbautocam > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAv1ifjKeDCxMJCTIRAgETAJ4haYR6aS4HFHaNkOVjUjS/3wt0/ACfeNL2 > 9ZQGDP8em6hSdXnMpVjwDyU= > =Ilvk > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > **************************************************************************** This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. We may monitor email to and from our network. ****************************************************************************
