From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 15 1:27: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from borja.sarenet.es (borja.sarenet.es [192.148.167.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC9037B403 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 01:27:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from there (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by borja.sarenet.es (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id f9F8R1p25854 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:27:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from borjamar@sarenet.es) Message-Id: <200110150827.f9F8R1p25854@borja.sarenet.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Borja Marcos To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Manufacturers and proprietary interfacing information Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:27:00 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org =09Hello, =09I am writing an article about manufacturers who refuse to disclose=20 information about devices to driver designers. The main point in the arti= cle=20 is how this is helping to keep the Microsoft monopoly, and that device=20 manufacturers should disclose that information as a prerequisite to sell=20 their devices. Device support is an important barrier for any operating=20 system to get to the market. =09Can you please send me a list of manufacturers who refuse to provide t= hat=20 information? =09Thanks, =09Borja. P.S: I hope this is not an off-topic. I think this is one of the better=20 places to ask this ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message