From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 22 20:15:45 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA18672 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 20:15:45 -0700 Received: from etinc.com (etinc-gw.new-york.net [165.254.13.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA18667 for ; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 20:15:41 -0700 Received: from trumpet.etnet.com (trumpet.etnet.com [129.45.17.35]) by etinc.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA08606; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 23:32:38 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 23:32:38 -0400 Message-Id: <199510230332.XAA08606@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Russell L. Carter" From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: ISDN: Sync vs Async. Was: Bragging rights.. Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > >There is a weird irony in this argument, given the fact that >the OS is "FreeBSD", and consider what that "Free" in the name was >supposed to mean, though it is lost on many. > >And, I guess I'll point out that it doesn't take a lot of time >spent surfing http://www.bsdi.com to realize that sometimes >"free" drivers work a lot better, and get to the users a *lot* >faster... > Of course BSDI wrote, maintains and supports their sync drivers and recommends ours as an alternative. They don't support or specifically recommend freeware.....and BSD/OS is NOT freeware. db ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25