> My name is Gregory Houfek. I work for Intel in the Server Platform > Validation Lab. I am responsible for getting our products certified with the > various Unix and Linux operating systems. Currently, we have relationships > with Caldera and Red Hat Linux, among others, to get our servers certified, > or "logoed", with those vendors. We are looking to expand our certification > program.
As far as I know Debian has no official hardware certification program. Debian is a volunteer effort, and rarely is there sufficient manpower to spend on such activities. This does not preclude the possibility of using the Debian logo on your product. See: http://www.debian.org/logos There are two separate Debian logos, the "Open" logo and the "Official" logo. If you wish to claim Debian compatibility, you're free to place the Open logo on your product documentation or product. You can do this certification yourself. If you prefer to use the official logo, you would need to get approval from the project leader (Ben Collins) or someone appointed by him. The Open logo is the more commonly recognized logo, so you may prefer to use that logo anyway. If you're interested in joining the partners program, that's a separate issue from the logo usage. Donation of one or more of your servers for use by the Debian project would probably qualify you as a Development Partner, but that decision would need to be made by the partners committee. Since the first thing we would probably do upon receiving such a server is install Debian on it, it's likely we would approve use of the official logo, assuming we had no problems with the product itself. Eric Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
