Alan:

It is this sort of attitude, as well as the anti-business agenda embodied 
in the GPL, that alienate manufacturers from open source. And Philips is not a 
good company to alienate; they have a lot to offer. (I suspect that this 
specific problem is not endemic to the company but rather reflects the attitudes of
the managers of one particular group within the company.) It is also fairly
likely that they can be convinced that their protocols do not give the
company a sufficient competitive edge to outweigh the advantages of going 
public with them.

Militancy should be reserved for those who are actively trying to harm
others. While I personally believe that the FSF falls into this category
(because it is actively engaged in a battle to destroy worthy and creative 
people's livelihoods), Philips does not.

--Brett Glass


At 01:43 PM 4/25/2000, Alan Cox wrote:
   
> > It turns out that open source osses are considerd to have to litle users
> > to be a valid market. I was however promissed that if I could show that
>
>There are all these great Vision cameras available with good Linux support.
>So yes there is no demand for Philips cameras 8)
>
> > You do not have to buy a camera, just state that IF you were buying one
> > you would buy one with opensource drivers available.
>
>My USB camera recommendation isnt likely to change. The folks who helped
>us from the start without threat are the people whose product I will be
>recommending.
>
>Alan
>
>
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