From: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>
To: jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pavel@ucw.cz
Subject: Re: What exactly does "supports Linux" mean?
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 00:53:07 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030518005307.B1475@almesberger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030518013926.GA16286@pegasys.ws>; from jw@pegasys.ws on Sat, May 17, 2003 at 06:39:26PM -0700
jw schultz wrote:
> Perhaps you'd be willing to help Aunt Tillie do this. Your
> definition of "includes driver sources" will appeal to such a
> small market segment it isn't worth the ink on the box.
I think Pavel's idea is brilliant. "Includes driver sources"
captures exactly the essence of dependable support for Linux.
Aunt Tillie will eventually learn that this strange sentence means
that, even if the thing doesn't work when she attaches it to her
PC, her nephew will be able to make it work for her.
And in a few years, when she buys a new PC with a new distribution,
there will probably already be a driver included.
What else could she ask for ?
- Werner
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-18 3:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-13 15:12 What exactly does "supports Linux" mean? Chuck Ebbert
2003-05-13 20:36 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-05-14 2:12 ` jw schultz
2003-05-14 7:57 ` Riley Williams
2003-05-14 17:58 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-05-17 16:05 ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-18 1:39 ` jw schultz
2003-05-18 3:53 ` Werner Almesberger [this message]
2003-05-18 21:49 ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-18 22:20 ` Neale Banks
2003-05-19 10:20 ` Helge Hafting
2003-05-14 14:11 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-05-14 15:29 ` Mike Dresser
2003-05-15 0:11 ` jw schultz
2003-05-14 14:09 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-05-14 14:44 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-14 15:58 ` Henning Schmiedehausen
2003-05-14 16:14 ` Dave Jones
2003-05-14 19:40 ` David Schwartz
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-13 13:16 Stephan von Krawczynski
2003-05-13 12:53 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-13 14:24 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-05-13 15:07 ` Lionel Bouton
2003-05-13 16:45 ` Jonathan Matthews
2003-05-13 13:46 ` Duncan Sands
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