RFC: Free Software Hardware Compatibility - Centralised DB

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 09:03, Joel Rees wrote:
> > ...
> > ASSUMPTION:
> > ...
> > We assume that it is in the best interests of each Free Software
> > Unix-like operating system distribution, each kernel (eg. Linux, *BSD,
> > HURD) and in the best interests of the end users, to have a 
> > centralised/
> > unified location for hardware information.
> > ...
> 
> I'm not sure that centralization is a valid assumption in the open 
> source community.

The centralization is so that manufacturers have a single point of
contact to submit their own hardware information to, however much or
little that might be.

> ...is that individuals and 
> companies who have hardware to donate ...

This project has _nothing_ to do with donating hardware.

It is about a Hardware Information Database.

Hope that's clear to all
Zenaan