How to Help the Hardware Support Efforts

If you can contribute quality code, the BSD projects want to hear from you. If you are not a developer yourself, contributing code may not be an option. Here are several other ways you can contribute:

  • Buy your hardware from open source friendly vendors. When making decisions or recommendations regarding your organization’s equipment purchases, tell suppliers that open source friendliness is a factor in your purchasing decision.

  • Let hardware vendors know what you think about their support (or lack thereof ) for your favorite operating system. Some hardware vendors have been quite helpful, supplying both sample units and programmer documentation. Others have been less forthcoming or downright hostile. Both ...

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