Can you think of any reason why Novell doesn't support a SBAwe32 (which is the card I referred to before)? The source (included in the kernel source package) certainly *seems* to be open-source. Perhaps its because the card is ISA circa 1994 [ talk about wanting to keep your dinosaur around... ] :) But seriously, I have an ISA SBawe32 also... one of my favorites--- which is why I keep my old HW around... you know, pretty soon we aren't going to be able to find a machine to plug em into!
Of course, if you are an absolute purist, like Mr Harris, then you will just boycott those products, and refuse to use them at all -- even past the day when one of them becomes the de facto standard, and the present-day DVD has gone the way of the dinosaur. Oh, please. Trust us here... if the device is going to be a de facto standard there will certainly be open drivers for it. On the other hand, many of us are just plain through with being strong-armed (really held hostage) into running Redmond's junk OS just because "this silly card only runs on Windoze, with a proprietary Windoze driver, and an appropriate kick-back to Bill's favorite charity--- himself and his Windoze company". We're done... I
On Wednesday 20 September 2006 16:45, Darryl Gregorash wrote: think the final and last straw for me was the WinModem... and the WinPrinter... Bill can have his WinJunk... cause some of us aren't going to use it any more... period. And it isn't because we're purists who have climbed an ivory tower... its because Windoze is an evil affront to freedom of choice, computer science, innovation, and the American way! -- Kind regards, M Harris <><