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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:49:18 -0600
To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Subject: Re: Yet another Adaptec 2940UW problem :( 
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At 11:35 AM 4/22/97 -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:

>Another thing that contributes to problems
>with the "free" drivers is that Adaptec doesn't give out engineering 
>contacts to "little guys".

Maybe you should contact their marketing department and note that,
between  Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD, your work goes to a HUGE share
of their market and an overwhelming s hare of the Internet world (since
so many Web, news, and mail servers run these OSes). With luck, they'll
recognize the importance of this code and put you in touch with the
engineers.

--Brett Glass