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>>>>> "Joshua" == Joshua Pollak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joshua> Ok, whats the deal with this?
Joshua> http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8127
Joshua> http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/
Joshua> [rant] Open Source is great, there's nothing more
Joshua> important. But when a company like Phillips only allows a
Joshua> 50/50 compromise, you've got to go with it. Preventing the
Joshua> PWC developer from hooking to a binary module could cause
Joshua> a large blow to adopting Linux on the desktop.
Joshua> How can Distro-producers market Linux to consumers who
Joshua> want to do video conferencing if they can't support the
Joshua> most common webcams on the market?
Joshua> How am I supposed to keep Linux in use at my computer
Joshua> vision company when we rely on these webcams for data
Joshua> capture and testing, and now we can't use them? Its a hard
Joshua> enough battle proving Linux's strong points to the
Joshua> administrators, now I have to counter a major, self
Joshua> inflicted downside.
Joshua> Brilliant strategy for furthering Linux's goals.
Instead of blaming the kernel developers and maintainers, why don't
you spend that energy writing to Phillips and requesting them to
open-source their protocols and algorithms? I have a Motorola A760
GSM phone which doesn't synch with Linux. Rather than spend my time
moaning and bewailing my lot, I've been actively pushing Motorola to
open-source their synch protocol. I don't know if it'll work, but at
least I tried.
Of course, if it doesn't work expect a scathing diatribe against
Motorola and its NDA-based non-FLOSS-friendly policies. I hope I have
enough standing in the Indian Linux community to abort at least 10 and
maybe a 100 or more potential sales of the A760. Hit 'em where it
hurts -- in the pocket.
Joshua> This is taking ideology too far, what's next, banning
Joshua> commercial software and binary only programs from
Joshua> user-space too? [/rant]
Regards,
- -- Raju
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Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
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