On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:27:53 -0400, "Nick Guenther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 6/30/06, Breen Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> J.C. Roberts wrote: >> > This should take care of any of the long standing issues OpenBSD has had >> > with the HiFn's procedures for releasing documentation. >> >> This is good news. Thanks for your contribution! >> >> To all the nay-sayers out there: this proves that sometimes companies do >> 'get' their customers' wishes. Consumer action does work - as long as >> the consumer actually gets involved. While you might not always be able >> to get the attention of companies through consumer action, apathetically >> accepting the status quo guarantees that you never will. >> >> Thanks to everyone who got involved - you proved that "somewhat open" is >> no more acceptable than "not at all open" by bringing Hifn on board. >> >> Breeno >> >> PS - Someone who participates in editing vendorwatch.org might want to >> update the Hifn status page. > >Done, but I've left their ranking as "unfriendly" on the front page >because they've given no apology and they still seem to be shady. > >If someone could add the links to the slashdot/newsforge/whereverelse >stories that would be helpful though. > >-Nick Hi Nick, Sure, with the help of many people, we were able to get a policy change made to open documentation at HiFn. It was not a solo effort, so I should not get all the credit. I just happened to be the person the vendor contacted regarding their changes. I'd like to request that you change the HiFn status to at least "Somewhat Friendly" on the www.vendorwatch.org site. Yes, I have created an account on the site and may be able to make the change myself, but due to my involvement, I can't be considered unbiased and should not editing the status. I've also submitted stories about the change of policy at HiFn to both slashdot and undeadly, but obviously, I have no control over whether or not they ever get published. I'm sure many may wonder why I would try to help out HiFn but personally, I think it's just a matter of being fair. Just as a bad policy should be condemned, I think a change to a good policy should be celebrated. You may want to note that opinions differ around here and not everyone involved with the project agrees with the way I see it but personally, I'd rather let water under the bridge be past and move on to trying to solve the next problem. Kind Regards, JCR -- Free, Open Source CAD, CAM and EDA Tools http://www.DesignTools.org
