For those of you who don't remember my message earlier, here it is: As many of you have heard in the news recently, there is one man who has single-handedly written GNU/Linux drivers for 352 different webcams. That's right: three hundred fifty-two. He has received almost no recognition for his work and no compensation so we as members of the GNU/Linux and free software movement want to thank him. Instead of filling his inbox, we thought we would send a letter with all of his supporter's names attached. Here is a man who has tackled a major problem facing GNU/Linux and instead of looking it and saying "I'll just put in on my Windows box" decided to take matters into his own hands. Please add your name to the list of people who appreciate his work
Anyways, we sent the letter with your signatures. Thanks for all you do! Dear Michel, This letter is being sent to you on behalf of the GNU/Linux and Free Software communities by the team at Binary Freedom (binaryfreedom.info). We know that you haven't received much recognition for your work until recently when the media picked up the story. We also did not know about the contributions you had made to the community by writing all the webcam drivers that you did. We honor you for the countless hours of work you have put into making widespread GNU/Linux adoption a reality. Instead of just "putting it on your other box" you took the problem head on and wrote drivers for the entire community. Many people complain that GNU/Linux doesn't offer good hardware support and now those claimed are weaker. In the past 2-3 years, we have seen hardware support on GNU/Linux systems grow by leaps and bounds. Now with the widespread adoption of GNU/Linux systems is becoming apparent that yes, we can take the entire market and drive Microsoft into the ground. Without hackers like you, this wouldn't have happened and for that we thank you. So from all of us in the community, we would like to thank you for your tireless work. While we don't have 10,000 signatures to give you and can't claim to represent the entire Free Software community, we can confidently say that everybody in the community appreciates the work you do. Sincerely, The Undersigned For a Better Future, Comrade Ringo Kamens _______________________________________________ Advocate mailing list [email protected] http://badvista.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/advocate
