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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" @@ -32,6 +33,168 @@
+ ++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)
+
+
+
+
+
+ +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). + + +
+
+ + +
3.6: "Pond-erosa Puff (live)"
@@ -1062,6 +1225,6 @@
Public Discussion Forum about contents of these web pages: www@openbsd.org
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