Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 14:26:59 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Mats Lofkvist <mal@kairos.algonet.se> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Supporting "winmodems" (was: PCI Modems Not Shown As Supported Hardware) Message-ID: <200011062226.eA6MQxF28518@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "06 Nov 2000 22:14:32 GMT." <20001106221432.4707.qmail@kairos.algonet.se>
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> My Dell laptop came with one preinstalled. I didn't know it was a winmodem
> until it didn't work when I installed FreeBSD and called tech support.
>
> It would be nice to have this support. What I mainly want to do, though,
> is shoot the guy that invented them.
>
> If you should decide that killing the inventor would be to use a
> slightly to large hammer, why not just return the damned thing,
> letting the supplier know you want a real modem that works with
> something else than windows?
>
> You may think they don't care, but with their margins a support
> case like that is likely to remove a noticable part of the profit
> on the unit sold to you.
>
> Vote with your wallet. By keeping the winmodem you _help_ the
> inventor/manufacturer you say you'd like to see dead. Asking
> for it to be supported makes him wish for more enemies like you.
The inventor is too smart. Typically you *can't* return the damn things;
either because the vendor (eg. Xircom) uses self-destructing packaging
(so you can't return it in resaleable condition), or because it's
integrated into your device and can't be removed, or because you've
purchased it as part of a non-seperable bundle.
--
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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