From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 30 19:32:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA25628 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:12:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA25580 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:12:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA02786; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 04:10:24 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199610010210.EAA02786@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: isdn code In-Reply-To: <199610010029.RAA00510@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "30. Sep. 96 17:28:45" To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 04:10:23 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: phk@critter.tfs.com, terry@lambert.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > >> Unless sufficient many people come out in defense of the current isdn > > >> code in the FreeBSD tree, it will be removed because of lack of support > > >> from developers. > > > > > >What is "unsupported" about it such that it makes you want to remove > > >the code? > > > > Well, nobody seems to use it or support it. > > I thought many Germans were using it, since their country has a real > communications infrastructure, unlike ours. YES, I'm using it. (Me too, me too, ... :-) I see 2 `standard' applications: 1) `fixed' point-to-point connection -- like I'm using right now from home to our institute -- if you are lucky to have the same configuration on both sides. (This is certainly of interest to companys with a few offices located far apart.) 2) dynamic syncPPP or X.75 conections -- like our computer center offers. With the growing popularity (and falling prices :-) things became interesting to John and Jane Doe to connect to thier providers. (is/was being worked on, to my knowledge.) Moreover, I like to use my computer as an answering machine. Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de