A modest proposal for proprietary drivers - little OT

[Willy Hamra]

2008/7/7 Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>:

> 2008/7/6 Valter Mura <valtermura at gmail.com>:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > as I'm very tired to "fight" against Companies that produce the hardware
> (I
> > mean, above all, devices such as printers, scanners, and so on) "almost"
> > or "exclusively" for Windows and Mac, I thought it could be useful to
> open a
> > signature collection for all Linux users, let's say, in the world.
> > The goal is to make a general petition to the big sisters of the world
> (such
> > as Canon, HP, Epson, Lexmark, Kodak, etc., the more you know, the more
> will
> > be) to write "at least" drivers also for Linux and ship the with the
> > products.
> > I think that, if we collect our strength in thousands of signatures, they
> will
> > be compelled to listen to us, one day.
> > I wonder why I have still have to search a printer in the Linux database
> (very
> > good work, by the way) to know if my actual printer or the next I will
> buy
> > works "perfectly, mostly, good, badly" and so on.
> > The idea is not to make a petition for one product only, but all products
> to
> > come starting from now on.
> >
> > So, I ask to you if you like the idea and agree, if there is still a
> similar
> > projects (if so, where?), and, in case the project should start, to
> spread in
> > all Linux mailing lists you know all around the world.
> >
> > Obviously, I will submit the petition to you all before starting the
> petition.
> >
> > (Sorry for my poor English, I hope you understood my words)
> >
>
> I already have a project in the works, with the contact addresses of
> most major hardware manufactures and software houses. The domain name
> is already registered, I'm just stuck with university work before I
> can move forward. If you want to help then contact me off list.
>
> that's great thing, whenever the project officially starts, i'm down with
it.
-- 
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