We need a good and simple hardware database for Free Software users.

[wayne]

On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 00:09, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote:

> I agree with you that this is not just about ATI and NVidia.  But I disagree
> with you on teaching people about proprietary software.  If we were to all
> let our fellow members of the community "suffer" (as you said), I think we
> would not be very good friends.  Therefore, I think we should help our
> fellow community members by pointing to hardware people don't have to give
> up their software freedoms to use.

I think you all need to follow the advice of Exile in Paradise and read
"Linux Advocacy HOW-TO" at www.tldp.org. Even though I am very busy his
polite reply intrigued me so I read it.

> 
> The idea that one should consider ethics with computers is new for a lot of
> people.  I don't think that it should be feared or shunned.  Ethical
> behavior makes for a better society overall.

I would also like to thank all the responders for re-enforcing my point.

Computers and software are tools *not* a religion. Companies don't have
ethics or morals, people do.