From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 17 08:12:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA06811 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 08:12:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA06793; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 08:12:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (zaphod.softweyr.com [204.68.178.35]) by softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA27898; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:12:47 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <3587DCEE.D9923AC4@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:12:46 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr llc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Draft of letter to DOJ References: <3585F65D.CA47C812@softweyr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wes Peters wrote: > > Mr. Love, > > This evening I read your draft letter to Mr. Klein et al with great > interest. [...] Mr. Love replied to my letter yesterday, thanking me for the points I had raised. He is now gathering information on free-source projects having difficulty obtaining technical information needed to write drivers. If you know of any companies that refuse to assist in writing drivers for FreeBSD, Linux, etc., please forward this information to me; I will collate it and send a single letter to Mr. Love so we do not flood his box with snippets of information. Hackers: I've included your list as you are the most likely to know of problems in developing drivers. I (and the freebsd-advocacy list) have been exchanging email with Mr. James Love, and assistant to Ralph Nader, as they prepare a letter to the US DOJ about the ability of "alternative operating systems" to compete with Microsoft, when the national computer manufacturers charge you for a Microsoft OS even if you don't want it. Please provide any information you can. Reply directly to me; I will cc: the -advocacy list on the letter I send to Mr. Love. Thanks in advance for your help. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message