[Cialug] Linux hardware support

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I can't wait for the day when there is a "killer-must have app" that
runs on linux -add the developers refuse to port it to Windows.

:) Dave

On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 10:43, Jeff Davis wrote:
> No, definitely not.
> However I've come to expect such rhetoric from sales/marketing people.
> 
> I told him that I thought the product was an okay fit for most sales and execs,
> but I have IT folks who travel between offices and 2 are linux users and
> one is a mac user.   It doesn't do me much good if I can't deploy it to *all* 
> the people who need it.
> 
> I asked him if they were developing the tools for mac/linux or were
> even planning on doing so, he was going to check it out and get back
> to me.  I'm still waiting..........
> 
> 
> 
> Lee wrote:
> > "asked me if I really had enough mobile linux users to need it"
> > 
> > Not the kind of response a potential business customer likes to hear. I 
> > think going with another solution is easier than forcing my user base to 
> > switch platforms for just one tool.
> > 
> > 
> > Jeff Davis wrote:
> > 
> >>
> >> Back in August I went to a presentation from Sprint
> >> focusing on their EVDO cards and the tools they have
> >> to monitor your wireless assets.
> >>
> >> The capabilities were interesting but of course my
> >> first question was "does this work on linux?"
> >>
> >> He didn't know, and got someone else who asked me
> >> if I really had enough mobile linux users to need it.
> >>
> >> I figure even if no one else asked for it, I need
> >> to speak up so they know that not everyone is
> >> satisfied with what they were offering.
> >>
> >> -Jeff
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Champion wrote:
> >>
> >>> This series of articles posted on /. got me thinking...
> >>>
> >>> http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1134910,00.html
> >>>
> >>> http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1134908,00.html
> >>>
> >>> http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1134909,00.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I think what needs to happen is for people to get the attention of 
> >>> hardware companies and vendors, to make them start paying attention 
> >>> to the lack of Linux drivers.
> >>>
> >>> A few ways to accomplish this:
> >>>
> >>> Obviously emailing or calling them and requesting the drivers is one 
> >>> method. We could do a petition, but I've never been a big fan of those.
> >>>
> >>> A subversive way of doing it would be to have people keep going in to 
> >>> the vendors and asking for a WiFi card that will work with Linux, for 
> >>> instance. According to the article, there were no cards available at 
> >>> either CompUSA or BestBuy that said they were Linux compatible. I 
> >>> know there are some that are, but a lot of times that requires you to 
> >>> either download & compile drivers, or to use ndiswrapper.
> >>>
> >>> Might be something to discuss at the meeting, or afterwards over a 
> >>> few beverages. :)
> >>>
> >>> -dc
> >>>
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