Subject: RE: [linux-usb] Anti-NDA petition
To: 'Alan Cox' <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
From: Wingate, Steve [IBM NON J&J] <SWingate@NEUUS.JNJ.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/25/2000 17:06:40
What's the point of marketing something only to people who don't need to be
convinced in the first place? Talk about preaching to the choir...


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Alan Cox [SMTP:alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk]
> Sent:	Tuesday, April 25, 2000 12:43 PM
> To:	pe1rxq@amsat.org
> Cc:	linux-usb@suse.com; freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; misc@openbsd.org;
> netbsd-users@netbsd.org
> Subject:	Re: [linux-usb] Anti-NDA petition
> 
> > 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
>