On Wednesday 31 Mar 2010 5:30:30 pm Rajeev Nair wrote: > > For me a GNU laptop is a laptop with atleast a GNU OS installed on it > > (complete open hardware is an added advantage). > > > > Exactly what advantage comes with 'open' hardware ? >
this whole discussion reminds be of the raging war between environmentalists and developers. I read somewhere that a developer is defined as a person who wants to build resorts/cottages in the jungle and an environmentalist is a person who already has a resort/cottage in the jungle. So you define GNU laptop as what you have - Narendra does not have a openmoko phone so he allows reliance phones. the whole thing is ridiculous - if the person is describing open source or demoing it, what does it matter what tools he uses? suppose he uses a white board and marker pens - I am sure every pen in the market is patented, and so is every whiteboard. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Associate NRC-FOSS http://certificate.nrcfoss.au-kbc.org.in -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
