On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 14:19 -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > James Bottomley wrote: > > > > Heh, OS writers not having access to the devices is about par for the > > current course. > .. > > Pity the Linux Foundation doesn't simply step in and supply hardware > to us for new tech like this. Cheap for them, expensive for folks like me. Um, to give a developer a selection of manufacturers' SSDs at retail prices, you're talking several thousand dollars ... in these lean times, that would be two or three developers not getting travel sponsorship per chosen SSD recipient. It's not a worthwhile tradeoff. The best the LF can likely do is try to explain to the manufacturers that handing out samples at linux conferences (like plumbers) is in their own interests. It can also manage the handout if necessary through its HW lending library. James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
