Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 14 Aug 1998 18:14:50 -0500 (CDT) | | From | Chris Zwilling <> | | Subject | Re: Winmodem support |
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On Fri, 14 Aug 1998 kwrohrer@ce.mediaone.net wrote:
> And lo, Craig Schlenter saith unto me: > > (2) While it's cheaper to write software once than build better hardware > many times, it's probably cheaper for those who care to pay enough attention > to buy decent modems in the first place, or buy new ones (if they didn't > do Linux when they bought the machine, or bought a machine that only came > with a winmodem) than for good programmers to implement all the software > a winmodem requires, even if they do get docs. Especially if there are > significant differences in the various winmodems' hardware... > > (3) The only problem with (2), is all the people who don't know any better, > don't want to pay for quality, and are buying up all those sub-$5 PC's. > If Linux is to truly dominate the desktop, we'll have to do it over the > heaped stupidity of the masses, or at least wait until everyone gets > cablemodems and stuff. Nobody's going to bother to dumb down an NE2000 > far enough to make it incompatible but cheaper, right? >
Yes, many people are too cheap to buy a decent modem. But there are "decent" modems that have a UART on the card for under $50. As far as Linux dominating the desktop - as soon as it becomes a serious threat manufactures will release information or develop their own drivers. I just hope that someone wises up and they stop making the "Win*" products. (spit on their products).
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