[Freedombox-discuss] Raspberry Pi 2

[Sam Hartman]

>>>>> "Jens" == Jens Thiele <karme at karme.de> writes:

    Jens> Sam Hartman <hartmans at debian.org> writes:
    >> Hi.

    Jens> Hi,

    Jens> not really sure it is a good idea to answer tonight.
I'm really glad that you did.
I regret if  I came across as harsh, but I'm happy reading your response
.
I'm really pleased that  you are able to respect where I'm coming from.
I'm also pleased that I better understand a position different than
mine.
Thanks for working with me.  It would have been so easy to walk away
feeling that differences weren't welcome here and I'm happy that didn't
happen.


    Jens> Feel free to do so and as I mentioned you can buy OSHW boards
    Jens> even on amazon, if that is your requirement.

    >> I also value being able to obtain things quickly and efficiently.

    Jens> me, too.

    Jens> I just don't want people to promote hardware as open when in
    Jens> fact it isn't and to spread FUD about OSHW boards
    Jens> (availability, popularity).

I agree with that.
One of the things I didn't respond to in your original reply was the
assertion that the rpi2 isn't sufficiently free.
I trust you on that having no specific knowledge.
My goal was to say that I value availability above threats of future
problems.
I don't care about freedom of hardware as much as some people here,
although I care a lot about being accurate in what freedoms we give
users.  However I don't have an opinion about evaluating the current
freedom of rpi2 against other factors.  So my message was assuming
things that are not true.

    Jens> Hmm, sounds a bit harsh - but really it isn't meant like that
    Jens> ;-) Btw. I still don't see which of your needs isn't
    Jens> fullfilled with OSHW?  

Actually, I'd like to come back to that.  I wanted to say hey I'd like
to be able to think different things here very strongly.
Having done that, though, I wanted to thank you for helping me learn
about the availability of easily-obtained oshw devices.
I'm looking at  the ongoing discussion and probably will make an oshw
purchase to see how easy it actually is.  If it works well I would
prefer that.

Thanks a lot.