No offense, but SLES also supports microsoft. Does that make it right?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) Beta releases discussion mailing-list Sent: Thu Nov 16 08:41:42 2006 Subject: Re: [rhelv5-beta-list] Re: rhel5 latest kernel and ipw3945 DROPPED?? Johnny Hughes, Sparc/Chocolate Ice Cream .... we are talking about 1 wireless card here. SLED/Ubuntu support this card RHEL does not. End of discussion. Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 11:55 +0100, Grant Williamson wrote: > >> When you are deploying linux to the laptop user, and have to add/support >> many additional drivers it's a different story. >> Yes one can argue that its the hardware vendors fault, and you should >> complain to them. The reality is we live in a Microsoft world(like >> nobody knew that). >> >> I just wished that RedHat were able to provide these proprietary >> drivers, and not rely on 3rd party sites(it's hardy enterprise). There >> are always ways to work around IP issues. >> >> > > They do provide support for things on the Hardware Compatibility > List ... where that will NOT be. > > Do you complain that Windows 2003 Server will not install on a Sparc > T2000 machine with a T1 processor? > > Do you buy chocolate ice cream from a manufacturer who doesn't make > vanilla ice cream and then complain that you are allergic to chocolate? > > If hardware vendors will not make their drivers open source ... and if > you insist on using their products which are not on the HCL (and not > moving to vendors who do use open source and are on the HCL) then YOU > are the problem. YOU, not Red Hat, are enabling the situation. > > This issue is absolutely market driven. If people would contact the > vendor, require that they provide a workable driver or make them refund > the purchase price and stop settling for closed source binary shit then > this situation would be fixed ... failing that, if you use a product not > on the HCL, you are on your own. > > RHEL 5 is not made to install on there, they removed it from the kernel > because they do not support it. If you want a supported Enterprise > solution, buy items on the HCL. > > I don't understand why this is such a hard issue to comprehend. > > Maybe I am just too dense? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-beta-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-beta-list > _______________________________________________ rhelv5-beta-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-beta-list _______________________________________________ rhelv5-beta-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-beta-list
