On Wednesday 31 Mar 2010 5:30:30 pm Rajeev Nair wrote:
For me a GNU laptop is a laptop with atleast a GNU OS installed on it (complete open hardware is an added advantage).
Exactly what advantage comes with 'open' hardware ?
this whole discussion reminds be of the raging war between environmentalists and developers. I read somewhere that a developer is defined as a person who wants to build resorts/cottages in the jungle and an environmentalist is a person who already has a resort/cottage in the jungle. So you define GNU laptop as what you have - Narendra does not have a openmoko phone so he allows reliance phones.
the whole thing is ridiculous - if the person is describing open source or demoing it, what does it matter what tools he uses? suppose he uses a white board and marker pens - I am sure every pen in the market is patented, and so is every whiteboard.