On Monday 17 November 2003 05:54, Micha Feigin wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 09:11:08PM +0200, Oron Peled wrote:
> > If you are warried about hardware support for Linux -- than try to accept
> > only OSS drivers and wait for critical mass to force the vendors.
> but I also want my hardware to work, ...
Than buy your hardware from companies that cooperates with us!
Example: For a long time I heard here about trouble getting
specs and OSS software for UPS. Lately someone on this
list mentioned NUT project (http://www.exploits.org/nut/)
and in their home page there is a list of supportive
companies (not just money -- docs!).
Guess what? One of them (MGE) has a branch in Israel.
(http://www.mgeups.co.il/ look at the bottom left bar).
I have it bookmarked for my next UPS purchace. And you'll
bet they'll know *why* I bought their product.
> and to have some proffessional quallity software that there is no chance
> will ever hit the opensource.
"Free software is for small utilities..."
"There's no chance they'll write a compiler" ... oops
"There's no chance they'll write an OS kernel" ... oops
"There's no chance they'll write GUI software" ... oops
"There's no chance they'll write bussiness apps." ... oops
"There's no chance they'll write a ..."
What's next?
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