en/computer/hardware/fsf endorsement criteriaWEBlog -- Wouter's Eclectic Bloghttps://grep.be/blog//en/computer/hardware/fsf_endorsement_criteria/WEBlog -- Wouter's Eclectic Blogikiwiki2014-03-01T13:42:06ZNon-x86 hardwarehttps://grep.be/blog//en/computer/hardware/fsf_endorsement_criteria/comment_1808/Michał Masłowski (mtjm@mtjm.eu)2014-03-01T13:42:06Z2010-10-22T12:52:36Z
I don't agree, since your argument is based on the assumption that all hardware supports (in the technical sense) popular proprietary operating systems, unlike e.g. the <a href="http://www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.html">Lemote YeeLoong</a> notebook which uses a MIPS-like CPU and has a GNU/Linux system included. Many ARM or MIPS based small devices have user-upgradeable software and don't support Windows or Mac OS X, I believe the same could be done with them.
Re: Non-x86 hardwarehttps://grep.be/blog//en/computer/hardware/fsf_endorsement_criteria/comment_1809/Marvin2014-03-01T13:42:06Z2010-10-22T13:37:16Z
I'm sorry but after reading and re-reading your reply it simply doesn't make sense. Where did he make the assumption that all hardware supports "popular proprietary operating systems" or how that is even relevant for an FSF endorsement criteria?
Widespread concernshttps://grep.be/blog//en/computer/hardware/fsf_endorsement_criteria/comment_1810/kaeso2014-03-01T13:42:06Z2010-10-23T09:39:37Z
LWN editor seems to be sharing your same concerns: http://lwn.net/Articles/410778/ (still subscriber-only post, for some time)
Contexthttps://grep.be/blog//en/computer/hardware/fsf_endorsement_criteria/comment_1811/William Hay (wish@dumain.com)2014-03-01T13:42:06Z2010-10-23T13:07:40Z
<p>Marketing, AIUI, is often about segmenting the market and targeting different messages at different people. An advertisr in Linux Journal would probably find FSF endorsement worth more than Microsoft or Apple Endorsement. While
in the mainstream press the FSF endorsement probably isn't worth the space it would take up.</p>
Re: Non-x86 hardwarehttps://grep.be/blog//en/computer/hardware/fsf_endorsement_criteria/comment_1812/Michał Masłowski (mtjm@mtjm.eu)2014-03-01T13:42:06Z2010-10-23T19:43:41Z
This example shows that there are vendors which don't show that their hardware works with non-free operating systems (since it doesn't). So they could be interested in the FSF endorsement criteria, unless they have other arguments than the ones discussed here.