On 11/10/06 21:59 +0530, Rony wrote:
Roshan wrote:
To be slightly on topic, have Linux distro users on this list, used motherboads manufactured by HIS, VIA,etc. (Not many have replied to Mr. Rony's question of compatible motherboard)
Except for Devdas who is not a follower of GNU, no other supporter of 'freedom' , 'open source', 'gnu' and 'gpl' gave any details of the motherboards they used for their clients. When it comes to some else's
s/client/employer/. Said employer requires support contracts and *immediate* response time. Downtime would make headines.
fruits of labour, its freedom and open source but when it comes to opening the source code of their own fruits of labour, they clam up. Then you get a lot of advice but not the actual information you are looking for.
Quite a few of us don't _own_ companies (yet). I know a few people who do, but again, they make their living by consulting and not by selling hardware. I know that one of them gets clients *only* because his code is GPLed (His clients insist on the code being available and modifiable).
Devdas Bhagat