A modest proposal for proprietary drivers - little OT

[Valter Mura]

Hi All,

as I'm very tired to "fight" against Companies that produce the hardware (I 
mean, above all, devices such as printers, scanners, and so on) "almost" 
or "exclusively" for Windows and Mac, I thought it could be useful to open a 
signature collection for all Linux users, let's say, in the world.
The goal is to make a general petition to the big sisters of the world (such 
as Canon, HP, Epson, Lexmark, Kodak, etc., the more you know, the more will 
be) to write "at least" drivers also for Linux and ship the with the 
products.
I think that, if we collect our strength in thousands of signatures, they will 
be compelled to listen to us, one day.
I wonder why I have still have to search a printer in the Linux database (very 
good work, by the way) to know if my actual printer or the next I will buy 
works "perfectly, mostly, good, badly" and so on.
The idea is not to make a petition for one product only, but all products to 
come starting from now on.

So, I ask to you if you like the idea and agree, if there is still a similar 
projects (if so, where?), and, in case the project should start, to spread in 
all Linux mailing lists you know all around the world.

Obviously, I will submit the petition to you all before starting the petition.

(Sorry for my poor English, I hope you understood my words)

Regards
-- 
Valter
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