Re: familiar on something other than iPAQ?

Hello,

I don't have an ipaq, but I own a Yopy. To run familiar on it would be
like running debian on a sparc : a good thing!

Currently, GMATE official applications running on Yopy are not very
numerous : a date/time setting application, a power setting application,
a touch screen calibrator and a calculator.

I know that Compaq is sponsoring the familiar project and I don't know If
they would appreciate to have it running on Yopy too.

But one has to make a choice and quickly. One distribution for all linux
PDA is a good thing instead of 5 distributions per PDA ( pocketlinux,
embedded-QT, familiar, Microwindows, etc...)

If someone wants to pay me to port Familiar on the Yopy, please do so.

William Gacquer

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Message d'origine <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Le 08/06/2001, à 22:00:49 h, Dan Stromberg <strombrg_at_nis.acs.uci.edu> vous
a écrit sur le sujet suivant Re: [Familiar] familiar on something other
than iPAQ?:

> On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 01:18:02PM -0400, Terrance Sullivan wrote:
> > With all due respect to Dan, his argument strikes me as somewhat
shortsighted.
> > Since not only does it discount the unique generosity that Compaq has
> > demonstrated through its ongoing support of the iPAQ Linux development
efforts
> > by CRL but it also appears to miss the larger business case Jim refers to
here.
> > Namely a percentage of a large number of machines is still a large number
of
> > machines and I would much rather convince someone of the technical merits
of
> > superior software technology with them already holding an iPAQ in their
hands
> > then trying to overcome all the FUD otherwise.

> I think it's shortsighted to devote time to something that is
> presently, and may remain (no guarantees from Compaq, right?), a
> donation to microsoft's marketshare numbers, the very company that is
> trying the hardest to kill us off.

> Sure, Compaq is being cool by sponsoring the port, but surely you can
> see that there are degrees of support. I'm not at all missing that it
> costs Compaq money to support linux, but there are vendors that are
> willing to take the plunge without demanding proof - shouldn't we be
> voting with our dollars by buying their products, and putting familiar
> on them instead (or at _least_ in addition)?

> Do you really think microsoft is at all worried when someone puts
> linux on an iPAQ PDA or an Xbox, or any PC that came with Windows
> preinstalled? They still got the sale, it still contributes to
> Microsoft's marketshare numbers which "justifies" microsoft-only
> device drivers, and it still helps cement Microsoft's strangle-hold.

> I feel pretty strongly that I can't buy a PDA or PC or much of any
> other device with a microsoft license. If I don't vote with my
> dollars, how can I possibly expect there to be any positive change? I
> can code the best stuff in the world, but if people don't change how
> they buy, and what vendors preinstall or don't preinstall, it really
> just makes things worse.

> I'm going to try to shut up now. I figure the people who are open to
> hearing that their pda probably wasn't the best buy for promoting
> linux have already been swayed, and the rest of you are just going to
> get more irritated if I continue :).

> So y'all get the last word. Make'em good.

> --
> Dan Stromberg UCI/NACS/DCS
Received on Fri Jun 08 2001 - 13:41:48 EDT