Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jul 1997 10:32:47 -0700 (PDT) | From | "B. James Phillippe" <> | Subject | Re: The i2o Bus: A Conspiracy Against Free Software? (fwd) |
| |
On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Russell Coker - mailing lists account wrote:
> >I don't think it will be much of a problem. If they close the standard, > >like IBM did with MCA, the standard will just die. I don't think all the > >clone providers will want to pay for using a standard. PCI only became big > >when they opened the standard. > > I think that we can just ignore I2O and let it go the way of MCA.
I hope you're right. The difference with this one is that Microsoft is backing it. That doesn't mean assured success (look at MSN or MS Bob), but it can make a difference.
-bp -- B. James Phillippe Seattle Software Labs, Inc Network Administrator Phone: (206) 521-8346 NIC Handle: BJP4 Fax: (206) 521-8340 http://w3.terran.org/~bryan http://www.sealabs.com
| |