--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Paul Boddie <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday 22. August 2016 09.31.45 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/fsf-ryf-background >> >> this update is mostly for archive / historical purposes so that it can >> be referred to in the future, for anyone wishing to understand why >> software libre is an important integral part of a business model. most >> notably i managed to find that article about the intel / valve-steam >> collaboration. also really important was paul's post as it gave a >> different perspective. >> >> i'm tracking down leads so that when i go to visit allwinner i can >> propose a few things for them. > > That is a great post: very comprehensive, very readable. It gives people the > opportunity to actually understand a bit more about just about all of the > factors involved. > > Paul > > P.S. Sadly, I think some people don't want to understand and/or think we all > have enough cash lying around to fund competitive silicon ourselves and/or do > endless respins of the concept with their favourite processor of the moment, > as if it were some kind of rich man's hobby as opposed to being a genuine > initiative to further Free Software and libre hardware adoption. well... let's explain it to them and invite them to fund it. l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
