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Xref: sserve comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:34389 comp.unix.bsd:7108 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!edcastle!aiai!richard From: richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Question on Diamond Clock Synthesizer Message-ID: <7787@skye.ed.ac.uk> Date: 26 Oct 92 13:03:22 GMT References: <1992Oct24.181837.19994@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <1992Oct25.034615.5298@netcom.com> <1992Oct25.101257.13662@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> Sender: news@aiai.ed.ac.uk Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh Lines: 17 In article <1992Oct25.101257.13662@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Thomas Roell) writes: >They [Diamond] have choosen this policy for a good reason They have chosen this policy because they believe it to be in their commercial interests. It's certainly not in *our* interests, so why should we defend it? By rejecting their product, we can avoid polluting BSD with proprietary code, and maybe even make them change their mind about it. Remember, just because a profit-maximising company decides something is in their interest doesn't mean it's right! -- Richard -- Richard Tobin, Human Communication Research Centre, R.Tobin@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh University.