From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 26 12:24:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ncsusraimgw0011.jnj.com (mail-gw1.jnj.com [208.153.7.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C340737BAEF for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 12:24:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from SWingate@NEUUS.JNJ.com) Received: from ncsusraws2.ncsus.jnj.com ([150.13.1.162]) by ncsusraimgw0011.jnj.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA02331 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 15:24:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: FROM ncsusraexims3.rar.ncsus.jnj.com BY ncsusraws2.ncsus.jnj.com ; Wed Apr 26 15:22:24 2000 -0400 Received: by NCSUSRAEXIMS3 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 26 Apr 2000 15:22:22 -0400 Message-ID: <4327A1883D21D311AC9400508B0A1B9E02368CF0@NTGUSLAEXS1> From: "Wingate, Steve [IBM NON J&J]" To: "'Alan Cox'" , pe1rxq@amsat.org Cc: linux-usb@suse.com, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, misc@openbsd.org, netbsd-users@netbsd.org Subject: RE: [linux-usb] Anti-NDA petition Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 17:06:40 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org What's the point of marketing something only to people who don't need to be convinced in the first place? Talk about preaching to the choir... > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Cox [SMTP:alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 12:43 PM > To: pe1rxq@amsat.org > Cc: linux-usb@suse.com; freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; misc@openbsd.org; > netbsd-users@netbsd.org > Subject: Re: [linux-usb] Anti-NDA petition > > > It turns out that open source osses are considerd to have to litle users > > to be a valid market. I was however promissed that if I could show that > > There are all these great Vision cameras available with good Linux > support. > So yes there is no demand for Philips cameras 8) > > > You do not have to buy a camera, just state that IF you were buying one > > you would buy one with opensource drivers available. > > My USB camera recommendation isnt likely to change. The folks who helped > us from the start without threat are the people whose product I will be > recommending. > > Alan > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message