Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Nov 2008 15:47 UTC, submitted by umccullough
It seems that Haiku hacker Francois Revol (mmu_man) posted a few messages to a thread in MSI's forums asking to provide hardware with open specifications and/or (non-GPL) FOSS drivers such that alternative operating systems like Haiku and others could benefit and be supported as well. His messages were seemingly squelched by a forum moderator as "rubbish" while other, pro-Linux, postings seem to have remain untouched. Francois decided to respond with a public blog rant of his own opinions regarding the state of open source driver support and vendors' responsibility to their customers.
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Moulinneuf is my real life name ...
sakeniwefu , BSD's like you and hamster and other'S are always here ... your the real Hypocrites.
1. BSD's is not just puffy the clown.
2. The laws aren't new and where not made by the FSF or GPL.
Right because BSD'S demands are met by anyone ...
Actually , that's the problem the spec are for the majority OPEN or OPEN based , Open as the "closing derivative* option that the majority in BSD's use's ,
Real Open Source , Open Hardware and Open as no close option as it's always OPEN it doesn't have derivative.
Who's fault is it that BSD's is left behind ? BSD's them self don't cooperate and share ...
1. GNU/Linux is *software*.
2. There is no club of supported OS , the OS support start at the user level. BSD's and other don't even have that.
3. Unlike BSD's and others , Freedom are written on paper and guaranteed and protected.
That's the problem , isn't it , you want us to be like you and break the law , our words and our trade agreement , because you don't want to pay.
The Specs you want us to steal for you are not ours to give.
No , you want us to be accomplice in your illegal crimes.
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=48&name=De...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_graphics_chips_and_car...
* Required developerss. BSD'S and others don't have and GNU/Linux barely have some.
* Required fundings. BSD'S and others don't have and GNU/Linux funders don't specifically target that
* Required supports. BSD'S and others don't have and GNU/Linux work hard to get inspite BSD's own legacy of insulting them and associating with GNU/Linux.
* Required users. BSD'S and others don't have and GNU/Linux as tons of.
That's why BSD is an EPIC Failure , your not responsible of anything ,even less of yourselves , incompetent , arrogant full of your own hubris. And you insult the guys doing the work who owns the hardware and those who got better treatment who could help you ...
Your the oldest's OS with the less user's and market share. Your user's are not quality , your developers are the one nobody want's t to work with or pay to make work full time.
You clown are better at making funnies and songs then making OS's , and your not even that good in that either.
Edited 2008-11-05 23:29 UTC