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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:21:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jaye Mathisen  <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>, jdc@denver.net,
        hardware@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Yet another Adaptec 2940UW problem :( 
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Or contact somebody like PC Week, since they're using Linux and FreeBSD in
more of their tests, and encourage them to maybe sneak a note in an
editorial about lack of support for what is potentially a huge market
base...



On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Brett Glass wrote:

> At 11:35 AM 4/22/97 -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> 
> >Another thing that contributes to problems
> >with the "free" drivers is that Adaptec doesn't give out engineering 
> >contacts to "little guys".
> 
> Maybe you should contact their marketing department and note that,
> between  Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD, your work goes to a HUGE share
> of their market and an overwhelming s hare of the Internet world (since
> so many Web, news, and mail servers run these OSes). With luck, they'll
> recognize the importance of this code and put you in touch with the
> engineers.
> 
> --Brett Glass
>