RE: Dear Fedora Community, what do you want?

[Polashek, Matthew]

There's a good pint here regarding fiscal issues.  I may easily be mistaken
but didn't I hear that Linux systems are now more prevalent than Macintosh
systems?  That may have been over all (Including servers and TIVO) but I am
certain the Linux desktop will eventually overtake Macintosh for the number
2 desktop spot.

Matthew


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>  From: 	Andy Green
>  Reply To: 	For users of Fedora Core releases
>  Sent: 	Thursday, June 3, 2004 12:58 PM
>  To: 	For users of Fedora Core releases
>  Subject: 	Re: Dear Fedora Community, what do you want?
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>  On Thursday 03 June 2004 16:52, Scott Sloan wrote:
>  
>  > I know nothing is for certain (besides: death and taxes  :) but I would
>  > like to write the email just to get the issue out there. so I'm asking
>  > What do we want from manufactures? Just great stable drivers? GPL
>  > drivers? And How can we convince them that writing drivers for Linux is
>  > worth their time?
>  
>  They don't have to write the drivers for Linux: if you look on sf people
>  have 
>  done amazing work reverse-engineering protocols and making their own
>  drivers.
>  
>  What they should do is
>  
>   - document their hardware registers/protocols openly, and / or 
>  
>   - provide code for core driver functionality in a way that is OS
>  independent, 
>  not sample code but the actual core code from the Windows driver
>  
>  Then coders can come to the device hugely empowered to make a really
>  superior 
>  driver, not from backbreaking puzzling out functionality but from real
>  docs 
>  or real code.
>  
>  Linux people are all the time trying to figure out which vendor to buy
>  devices 
>  from for good Linux support, a vendor announcing this strategy is
>  guaranteed 
>  to get my money if their device is decent and decently priced.
>  
>  - -Andy
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Dear Fedora Community, what do you want?

[Edward Croft]

On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 13:04, Polashek, Matthew wrote:
>  There's a good pint here regarding fiscal issues.  I may easily
> be mistaken
>  but didn't I hear that Linux systems are now more prevalent than Macintosh
>  systems?  That may have been over all (Including servers and TIVO) but I am
>  certain the Linux desktop will eventually overtake Macintosh for the number
>  2 desktop spot.
>  
>  Matthew
>  **************************************************************************** 
I am always looking for a good pint! :-P

-- 
Edward M. Croft
Sr. Systems Engineer
Open Ratings, Inc.
200 West Street
Waltham, MA 02451-1121

Dear Fedora Community, what do you want?

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 12:29 6/3/2004, Edward Croft wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 13:04, Polashek, Matthew wrote:
>  > There's a good pint here regarding fiscal issues.
>
> I am always looking for a good pint! :-P 
So become a Linux developer! Someone recently blessed the Linux developers 
and offered free beer. :-)

I'll also happily buy any Linux developer, or anyone with significant 
activity helping others on these lists, a drink or three if they visit 
Guatemala. Lots of free beer to be had, just write things that are free as 
in speech!

Cheers,


-- 
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz(a)simpaticus.com
http://www.simpaticus.com

Dear Fedora Community, what do you want?

[Benjamin J. Weiss]

From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz(a)simpaticus.com&gt;
>  At 12:29 6/3/2004, Edward Croft wrote:
>  >On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 13:04, Polashek, Matthew wrote:
>  > > There's a good pint here regarding fiscal issues.
>  >
>  >I am always looking for a good pint! :-P
>
>  So become a Linux developer! Someone recently blessed the Linux developers
>  and offered free beer. :-)
>
>  I'll also happily buy any Linux developer, or anyone with significant
>  activity helping others on these lists, a drink or three if they visit
>  Guatemala. Lots of free beer to be had, just write things that are free as
>  in speech! 
Pero mi espanol es muy mal!

:)

Ben

Dear Fedora Community, what do you want?

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 14:10 6/3/2004, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
> From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz(a)simpaticus.com&gt;
>  > I'll also happily buy any Linux developer, or anyone with significant
>  > activity helping others on these lists, a drink or three if they visit
>  > Guatemala. Lots of free beer to be had, just write things that are free as
>  > in speech!
>
> Pero mi espanol es muy mal! 
Tudo bem, cara, a gente fala pôrtugues também! (Je parle français aussi 
s'il te plaît, mon ami.)

<grin> No excuses.


-- 
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz(a)simpaticus.com
http://www.simpaticus.com

Dear Fedora Community, what do you want?

[Beartooth]

On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 15:19:38 -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:

> > > I'll also happily buy any Linux developer, or anyone
> with significant
> > > activity helping others on these lists, a drink or three if they
> > > visit Guatemala. Lots of free beer to be had, just write things that
> > > are free as in speech!
> >
> >Pero mi espanol es muy mal!
>  
>  Tudo bem, cara, a gente fala pôrtugues também! (Je parle français
>  aussi s'il te plaît, mon ami.) 
And in Blacksburg, Virginia, you can chat over your free beer in German --
or in Finnish, if you're patient with me ; I, too, owe youss guyss a lot
more than that...

-- 
Beartooth Implacable, curmudgeonly codger learning linux
Work is for people who can't hunt.