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- 3.7: "The Wizard of OS"
- 3.6: "Pond-erosa Puff (live)"
- 3.5: "CARP License" and "Redundancy must be free"
- 3.4: "The Legend of Puffy Hood" *************** *** 32,37 **** --- 33,200 ----
+ ++ 3.7: "Wizard of OS"
++
++ + [Order OpenBSD 3.7 or other items]
+ OpenBSD 3.7 CD2 track 2 is an
+ uncompressed copy of this song.
+ MP3 version of song (10:08 minutes, 18MB)
+ OGG version of song (10:08 minutes, 13MB)
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+
+ + For an operating system to get anywhere in "the market" it must have + good device support.
+
+ Ethernet was our first concern. Many vendors refused to supply + programmers with programming documentation for these chipsets. Donald + Becker (Linux) and Bill Paul (FreeBSD) changed the rules of the game + here: They wrote drivers for the chipsets that they could get + documentation for, and as they succeeded in writing more and more + drivers, eventually closed vendors slowly opened up until most + ethernet chipset documentation was available. Today, some vendors + still resist releasing ethernet chipset documentation (ie. Broadcom, + Intel, Marvell/SysKonnect) but the driver problem is mostly solved in + the ethernet market.
+
+ Similar problems have happened in the SCSI, IDE, and RAID markets. + Again, the problem was solved by writing drivers for documented + devices first. If the free software user communities use those drivers + preferentially, it is a market loss for the secretive vendors. + Another approach that has worked is to publish email addresses and + phone numbers for the marketing department managers in these + companies. These email campaigns have worked almost every time.
+
+ The new frontier: 802.11 wireless chipsets.
+
+ Over the last six months, this came to a head in the OpenBSD project. + We asked our users to help us petition numerous vendors so that we + could get chipset documentation or redistributable firmware. Certainly, we did + not suceed for some vendors. But we very well some vendors, in + particular the Taiwanese (Ralink and Realtek), who have given us + everything we need. We also reverse engineered the Atheros chipsets.
+
+ + Want to help us? Avoid + Intel Centrino, + Broadcom, TI, or Connexant PrismGT chipsets. + Heck, avoid buying even regular + , + to send a message. + If you can, buy these products from + Realtek, + Ralink, + Atmel, + ADMTek, + Atheros. + Our manual pages attempt to explain which vendors (ie. D-Link) box + which chipsets into product. +
+
+ Send a message that open support for hardware matters. A vendor in + Redmont largely continues their practices because they get + the chipset documentation years before everyone else does. + What really upsets us the most is that some Linux vendors are signing + Non-Disclosure Agreements with vendors, or contracts that let them + distribute firmwares. Meanwhile both Linux and FSF head developers + are not asking their commnities to help us in our efforts to free + development information for all, but are even going further and + telling their development communities to not work with us at + pressuring vendors. It is ridiculous. +
+ ++
++ The heroine is deaf to her device
+ her uncles on the farm,
+ send out the alarm
+ and the shit storm flies
+ E-maelstrom is lifting up the house
+ With Puffathy inside,
+ twisting up a ride
+ to the land of OS
+ Hard landing, the packets celebrate
+ The wicked lawyers dead
+ The open slippers red are
+ Hers to take
+
+ Ding dong the lawyers dead
+ You're off to see the Wizard kid
+
+ The north witch instructed Puffathy
+ To get yourself back home
+ Take this yellow road and
+ You'll be free
+ Believe in the open ruby shoes
+ Now go to see the Wiz and
+ give Taiwan your biz
+ You'll never lose
+ The 3 friends she made along the way
+ Were nice but pretty lame,
+ lazy and insane
+ but they sang OK
+
+ Ding dong the lawyers dead
+ You're off to see the Wizard kid
+
+ Finally we're through the trees
+ The city glows
+ It's positively green
+ Pompously the wizard booms
+ He wants the broom of triple 'w'
+
+ Go to the west
+ You must pass the test
+ For me
+ Bring me the ride
+ of the witch I despise
+ And you'll be free
+
+ You don't need the broom
+ You don't need the shoes
+ You don't need the wiz
+ You will never lose
+ You have all you need
+ You always had heart
+ You always had courage
+ Did somebody fart?
+ You always had brains
+ You answered each call
+ And this may surprise
+ But you've got some balls
+ So double click heels
+ and work with Taiwan
+ And speak to your doggie
+ You're already gone....
+
++ 
++ + Lyrics and vocal melody written by Ty Semaka. + Main vocals by Jonathan Lewis, sung female vocals by Adele Legere, + Puffathy (little girl voice) by Anita Miotti, monkeys and laughing by Ty + Semaka, + guitar by Reed Shimozawa, drums, bass and all other sounds programmed by + Jonathan Lewis. Co-Arranged by Ty Semaka & Jonathan Lewis. + Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Lewis at Moxam Studios + (1-403-233-0350). + + +
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