Hi, On Sat, 30.09.2006 at 12:43:00 +0200, Maxim Bourmistrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why don't ignore them and don't buy their products?
this is easier said than done. > I have already a list of vendors I'm not buying products from anymore, > like Adaptec. I also have such a list which eg. includes D-Link. Wasn't there a site that named no-go vendors? Is it feasible to have such a site w/o being buried in cease-and-desist letters (and lawsuits)? > I'm also encouraging people to buy products from OpenSource-friendly > vendors, like RaLink. That's also what I do, but this doesn't extend well into corporate usage where people often purchase quantities of higher-priced hardware and then realize only afterwards that the stuff doesn't work correctly. OTOH, they want some vendor who can "support" their products, not Joe's Garage who might go bust the next week, or hit a roadside tree. I already had such a case where the planned OpenBSD usage had to be changed to Linux because of hardware support. In the future, if this trend continues, this might mean only some-corporate-non-open-linux-with-binaries (NVidia, Intel, ATI, IBM and some others come to mind), not to speak of *BSD. So, we still need to convince more vendors to do the right thing, and support things like opencores.org or the F-CPU project, if possible. > > These issues affects ALL open operating systems, tell Intel you want > > them to change their policies, tell them you aren't happy. It's your > > money why should they get to screw you around by not supporting their > > products? Fully agreed! Best, --Toni++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
