Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:15:19 -0600 From: Whyzzi <whyzzi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, misc@openbsd.org, miros-discuss@mirbsd.org, netbsd-users@netbsd.org Subject: Re: The future of NetBSD Message-ID: <3de381120609010915n6b4762e1ie92bc7546cc4e3ea@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060831195609.P82634@hub.org> References: <20060830232723.GU10101@multics.mit.edu> <98f5a8830608301731s2b0663e3g94b0bd32f8a06a78@mail.gmail.com> <c6d37fe0608310259k12fe629eve59e59042fcfdb4c@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.BSM.4.64L.0608311312190.8977@odem.66h.42h.de> <950621ad0608310654h78ae0023g346abd108815ae72@mail.gmail.com> <20060831110112.J82634@hub.org> <f34ca13c0608310843p4e28b57eoec2f60737c034ddb@mail.gmail.com> <20060831184715.B82634@hub.org> <20060831223543.GC15085@jp.animata.net> <20060831195609.P82634@hub.org>
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I was happy to continue lurking and not trolling, but it appears some Open Source users still don't get it, and I figured perhaps by saying it again might enlighten a few more. On 31/08/06, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@freebsd.org> wrote: >what my point is, though, is if we aren't willing to > accept 'vendor written drivers', then it is *we* that are limiting our > growth but limiting what hardware we can run stably on ... Sadly, you've twisted the point in the wrong direction. Since we aren't willing to accept 'vendor written drivers', those vendors don't deserve our advocacy or our dollars. *We* did not limit our growth, the vendors limit theirs: by not being able to sell to our market. Time and Again I've seen the OpenBSD team make a request documentation in order to make drivers, time and again I've seen that request denied. Simply put, the vendor is closing their door on a chance to make more revenue and thus increase profits for their company by not providing the correct documentation to open source developers. I'll go back to lurking now. Peter Verhagen PS: Vote with your $$$ people. It works! /* status: just an OpenBSD [l]user */
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