Hi Ron and friends all, I must beg pardon to everybody reading my post, ABit included, i was completely wrong acting the way i did, misguided and unfortunate. I humbly admit it. [INDULGENCES] Reasons exposed by Ron are completely valid, thanks Ron for not flaming me as i did with ABit, and disturbed my much beloved community. I did not have any valid reason, i must admit, i was instantly warned by the Kernel Traffic's resume, and did not think twice. After all may well be that i buy one of those powerful boards. Also if i can "switch IDE ports" as Ron points out, that resolves all my doubts. Where are those "bios updates" located Ron??, i need them as drinking water. Thanks in advance, and beg all your pardon again. Thanks to Alex Daniloff also, for making me think about it. ---- Ron Heron wrote:
Abit BP6 - I have two, and will continue to buy as they produce.
Abit is not violating GPL, true they are just plain mean in keeping their software under hat, but that is their choice. Remember SB Live!?
Just what drivers do you need? I have an operational system without any special drivers.
The only way they violate GPL is if they don't ship source with the binary under a GPL license. But, there is nothing that forces GPL on anyone. They wrote it, they can license it how they choose.
Also, you can switch IDE ports, read the bios updates. You can also free up unused controller IRQ's. I don't know, just me, but I like em.
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