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[Danny Piccirillo]

Post from a Dell moderator on "Open Linux Drivers for all Dell Products"--
"We have certainly thought of this, and in fact this is our stated goal. We
are driving our vendors towards this, but it certainly won't happen over
night.We have this on our server products today, and are driving our desktop
and notebook vendors to do the same. I think you'll see a lot of progress in
this area over the next year or two."

However, they are not currently pushing vendors for open firmware although
they are not opposed to it.

On Nov 29, 2007 11:06 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hopefully they are using their clout to push on manufacturers but
> > ultimately all open drivers are not very realistic in the near future.
>
> You should condition that: "ultimately all open drivers supported by
> the hardware manufacturer are not very realistic in the near future."
>
> Having all open drivers is very doable at the moment thanks to the
> hard works of reverse engineers. I do hope your not ignoring their
> hard work.
>
> Regards, Martin
>
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