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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sysv386:24237 comp.windows.x:45652 comp.os.linux:11163 comp.unix.bsd:5761 comp.os.mach:2217 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:21949 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:32249 Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!silver.ucs.indiana.edu!ntaib From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products Message-ID: <BvB2BC.C34@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Keywords: Diamond, free-software Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: silver.ucs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University References: <1992Sep12.035549.4743@zeos.com> <Bv034L.DEJ@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Sep25.075815.10416@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 20:30:47 GMT Lines: 38 In article <1992Sep25.075815.10416@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) writes: >In article <Bv034L.DEJ@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes: >>> Complete schematics, parts list, how to obtain it, complete doc. on >>> how to build it, everything available on public domain. >> Why bother, when you can buy a very good card for under $200? >Why? To quote the posting you replied to, complete schematics, parts >list, how to obtain it, [...], everything available on public domain. >Of course, perhaps your "very good card for under $200" *has* all of >that. If so, please tell me where to get it! Tell the whole net >where, for that matter - the Diamond flap has demonstrated the >existence of plenty of people who'd love to find such a thing. You seem to be arguing that simply because all this stuff is in the public domain it immediately makes the card 1) Good. Fast. 2) Reliable. 3) Widely used. 4) Free. In other words better than the $200 commercial item. Or at least you'd need to argue that having everything in public domain makes everything else a worthwhile sacrifice.. Then you forget you actually have to buy the parts, then build, test and debug the thing. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS !