So, what are we all supposed to conclude regarding the original conditions laid ?
On 3/31/10, Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 31 Mar 2010 5:30:30 pm Rajeev Nair wrote: >> > For me a GNU laptop is a laptop with atleast a GNU OS installed on it >> > (complete open hardware is an added advantage). >> > >> > Exactly what advantage comes with 'open' hardware ? >> > > this whole discussion reminds be of the raging war between environmentalists > and developers. I read somewhere that a developer is defined as a person who > wants to build resorts/cottages in the jungle and an environmentalist is a > person who already has a resort/cottage in the jungle. So you define GNU > laptop > as what you have - Narendra does not have a openmoko phone so he allows > reliance phones. > > the whole thing is ridiculous - if the person is describing open source or > demoing it, what does it matter what tools he uses? suppose he uses a white > board and marker pens - I am sure every pen in the market is patented, and > so > is every whiteboard. > -- > regards > Kenneth Gonsalves > Senior Associate > NRC-FOSS > http://certificate.nrcfoss.au-kbc.org.in > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
