Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:49:43 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>, "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tell Micro$oft what you think Message-ID: <4.1.19981125234419.00a52100@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981125214341.14935D-100000@calvin.saturn-tec h.com> References: <199811221309.FAA07281@hub.freebsd.org>
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At 09:46 PM 11/25/98 -0700, Doug Russell wrote: > >On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > >> Charlie Schloemer wrote: >> >> as users of FreeBSD, we should be deeply grateful to these >> hardware companies....we get all the improvement without >> suffering any of the MS induced sludge-ware. > >I'm not so sure about that... Think of the hardware we might be using >today if it weren't for MS domination? The last several generations of >hardware have been built around running windows. AMD's K6es say "Windows >Compatible" on the top, etc.... > >There's definetly two sides to this argument, and I agree with parts of >both. :) > >You can't try to figure how things would be if they were different. :) > >Later...... <Doug> Well at the same time we have multifunction machines that only work on Windows (I can't even find a MFP for a MAC).. and the invention of Host-Signal Processing modems, which if I remember right, PCTEL Inc. seemed to pave the way for these.. I don't agree with HSP modems because I don't like the fact that you need a fast machine to decode the signals. At the same time, these proposed "Winmodems" generally lack DOS support (with exception to the Lucent Tech ones, and maybe some others). I use a regular External Motorola Modemsurfr, and then on my FreeBSD machine there is a 25th Anniversary Hayes External, and a USR 28.8 External. Windows may have paved the road to general home computing, but some of these 'amazing inventions' would have been better left on the design table. Personally I aim for hardware that works with just about anything. OS Specific hardware (HSP modems, etc.) infringe on the regular home user that just bought a Compaq from the local WalMart to install FreeBSD across a PPP link... --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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