> In its early days (based on what I read in the media), the project went > to Microsoft, Apple, Dell, etc. for assistance, only to be either turned > down or ridiculed, or some promise of help without commitment. FOSS came > in much later. So, my take on this timeline is that FOSS came into the > picture later.
This is not really an accurate retelling. Nicholas did go to Intel early on, only to be rebuffed. We (Nicholas, Jim, Mako, and me) went to Microsoft in January of 2006, but already with a commitment to FOSS. -walter _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
