On Mar 31, 2005 8:10 AM, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think DIY hardware is the only reasonable approach to the post-PC > era for open source advocates.
What about the pre-PC era? One of the first computers I had was a Heathkit H-8 that I built from parts. It took forever and I think that I'd rather buy a built product, open source or not, whatever's out there. I think a lot of other people agreed and that's why computer kits have died off (building your own PC with cards and mobos doesnt count) In any case, SPARC is an open standard, and I think MIPS is too? (probably wrong there), Open Firmware is an open standard, we have open source BIOS solutions. Many have tried, and all have failed due to varying factors. The only real solutions seems to be to push the big hardware players into adopting more OSS. /per _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
