2006/3/2, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 12:29, Rudolf Kastl wrote: > > > its just my personal opinion. i can for sure understand that for some > > people a temp workaround is more important but then again i know from > > experience that workarounds just take away the motiviation to do > > something about real solutions ;). > > The argument would seem more compelling if you had answered that > there was a difference you could see... > > > If enough people scream things will > > move. demand is important. if everyone that "has demand" uses a > > workaround theres absolutely no reason for them to do anything. > > I think you are shooting yourself in the foot here. It's one > thing to demand a free Linux download for 1% of the market > but now you want to make that a bunch of different versions, > each with their own quirks (AMD doesn't make the only > 64 bit processor). > > > For a vendor its the question if their technology becomes obsolete or > > not. if they dont support arches that are becoming more and more > > popular then they loose market share and if the market share is small > > enough the technology is pretty easy to obsolete ;) i wish wed be > > there already. > > I'd be happy if it just wasn't all windows already. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > the solution is see is a free implementation that is patent unencumbered with enough freedom to get the ball rolling. means rights to modify distribute etc... the thing i would see then is called source code (with a patent free solution) regards, Rudolf Kastl > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
