Re: Open Hardware Initiative (was Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT)

2000-12-19 Thread Mike Smith
> I think the time is right to reward companies that "get it". I propose > that the way to do this is to create an "open hardware" trademark that > can be used for marketing by companies that sell hardware for which they > either provide sufficient documentation that a fully featured device > driv

Open Hardware Initiative (was Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT)

2000-12-19 Thread Nick Sayer
Matt Dillon wrote: > > Yes, it's a pretty sad state of affairs. What annoys me the most is > that companies actually believe they are protecting something when > they don't make their device driver source or hardware documentation > available. It has been well proven for years t