From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 10 23:12:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E1C116A4D6 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:12:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gizmo09ps.bigpond.com (gizmo09ps.bigpond.com [144.140.71.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6825043D2D for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:12:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zen@freedbms.net) Received: (qmail 19804 invoked from network); 10 Jun 2004 23:01:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO psmam09.bigpond.com) (144.135.25.94) by gizmo09ps.bigpond.com with SMTP; 10 Jun 2004 23:01:18 -0000 Received: from cpe-144-132-218-244.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([144.132.218.244]) by psmam09.bigpond.com(MAM REL_3_4_2a 162/10177798) with SMTP id 10177798; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:11:41 +1000 Received: by zen8100a.freedbms.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C491B41ED7; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:11:40 +1000 From: Zenaan Harkness To: Joel Rees In-Reply-To: <608ED6C2-BB32-11D8-957D-0030654B1810@sannet.ne.jp> References: <608ED6C2-BB32-11D8-957D-0030654B1810@sannet.ne.jp> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1086909100.2237.111.camel@zen8100a.freedbms.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:11:40 +1000 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:28:40 +0000 cc: pr@lindows.com cc: leader@debian.org cc: PWCS@us.ibm.com cc: netbsd-help@NetBSD.org cc: questions@FreeBSD.org cc: bruce@perens.com cc: steve@silug.org cc: hardware@mandrakesoft.com cc: esr@thyrsus.com cc: sac@conectiva.com.br cc: mickey@openbsd.org cc: bcollins@debian.org cc: techline@my.ibm.com cc: info@osdl.org cc: cdb@suse.de cc: press@lycoris.com cc: info@libranet.com cc: gtaylor+web_bgehc060504@picante.com cc: hardware@redhat.com cc: ja2morri@uwaterloo.ca Subject: Re: RFC: Free Software Hardware Compatibility - Centralised DB X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 23:12:02 -0000 On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 09:03, Joel Rees wrote: > > ... > > ASSUMPTION: > > ... > > We assume that it is in the best interests of each Free Software > > Unix-like operating system distribution, each kernel (eg. Linux, *BSD, > > HURD) and in the best interests of the end users, to have a > > centralised/ > > unified location for hardware information. > > ... > > I'm not sure that centralization is a valid assumption in the open > source community. The centralization is so that manufacturers have a single point of contact to submit their own hardware information to, however much or little that might be. > ...is that individuals and > companies who have hardware to donate ... This project has _nothing_ to do with donating hardware. It is about a Hardware Information Database. Hope that's clear to all Zenaan