On Tue 05 Oct 2010 at 06:25:05 PDT Mark Blackman wrote:
Jon Radel wrote:
I'm somewhat unclear on how that follows. Might it not be that many
manufacturers, busily dealing with Microsoft, and easing into Linux now
that it has significant "mindshare," have simply decided that there's no
economic benefit to releasing detailed hardware specs in a form that
works for FreeBSD developers? I really fail to see why you think the
fact that the manufacturer itself has released binary drivers for
Windows, and possibly Linux, and/or released hardware specs under NDA
(non-disclosure agreement) to certain business partners, has any bearing
on whether sufficient information to write a driver is available to any
FreeBSD programmer with permission to use it to write an open source
driver.
There's also the whole train of thought that says FreeBSD isn't really
aimed at the desktop/laptop/notebook use model and any benefit in that
arena is entirely coincidental.
I've often seen that opinion expressed, but never on the FreeBSD website
or in any of its "official" materials.
On the contrary, most of the official literature presents it as an OS
for general-purpose computing, and not only for servers.
If I'm wrong about and there is an official statement somewhere that the
main intention is to provide an OS for servers, it would be good to
know.
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