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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products
Message-ID: <1992Sep13.185117.12224@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
Keywords: Diamond, free-software
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Organization: Weber State University (Ogden, UT)
References: <1992Sep12.035549.4743@zeos.com> <1992Sep13.142036.26842@nuchat.sccsi.com> <badger.716406960@phylo>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 18:51:17 GMT
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In article <badger.716406960@phylo> badger@phylo.life.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Badger) writes:
>steve@nuchat.sccsi.com (Steve Nuchia) writes:
>
>>In <1992Sep12.035549.4743@zeos.com> kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann) writes:
>>>The solution for the support of X/Windows in the Freeware arena or
>>>any other arena would be to design a VESA based driver for these
>>
>>The solution, for those of us who care about such things, is to
>>not buy undocumented hardware. Vote with your wallet.
>
>Yes, but most people (at the time of purchase) don't know if the hardware
>is going to be documented or not, which makes this sort of voting impossible
I wish *I* had the money to "impulse buy" hardware like that! Never
buy a piece of hardware that doesn't come with technical manuals (unless you
have previously acquired technical manuals, in which case it's OK if they
aren't packaged together).
If they aren't willing to open the box to check for documentation,
what makes you think they're going to take an opened box back when the
board isn't documented or is defective?
Terry Lambert
terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
terry@icarus.weber.edu
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