On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:53:32 +0200 Oron Peled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 March 2005 12:57, Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > > I think you are mistaken - intel ipw2200, TI acx111 and Prism54 are also > > supported by fully GPL'ed drivers. They all have binary firmware that > > needs to be loaded to the card, but this is not different from having > > the firmware on a ROM on the card. > > Directly from the top of ipw2200.sf.net: > This project was created by Intel .... > ... is intended to be a community effort ... > ... (mainly, no HW documentation is available). > > Community effort indeed -- with no HW docs... > > > I do not want to appear as a defender of intel, but considering what we > > see from other hardware manufacturers - Broadcom, nVidia, SiS, > > Toshiba, etc. I'd say that intel's support is good enough for now. > > Indeed Intel is very supportive for Linux (mostly in the server > space of course). I did not try to generally bash Intel but > rather point to a *specific* area where they totally neglected > Linux (probably because we don't have RISC-based laptops like > we have RISC-based servers). > mac laptops are risc based (g4, g5, imacs ...), of course there are not intel based, but I only hold it in their favor ;-) > So -- I do buy Intel processors, but I won't buy any Centrino > based equipment. Hope this makes it clear. > [BTW: I don't have nVidia based video cards for the same reason] > > -- > Oron Peled Voice/Fax: +972-4-8228492 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron > ICQ UIN: 16527398 > > "Copyright protects Software. Patents protect Software Monopolies." > http://swpat.ffii.org/ > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System at the Tel-Aviv University CC. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
