Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:38:13 EST From: A180009977889@aol.com To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: isp@freebsd.org, tedm@toybox.placo.com Subject: RE: Intel gigabit Driver Message-ID: <fd.fd1f0de.29382ef5@aol.com>
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In a message dated 11/29/2001 7:16:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, tedm@toybox.placo.com writes: > Well, let me give you something else to put in your pipe and smoke. :-) > > I've spent about $800 on a few WANic 4xx cards (used, I'll grant) precisely > because > source for the driver is available. I happen to not use them with Frame > circuits so > I used the HDLC in the driver. > > I have spent $0.00 on ET cards precisely because the driver code is > unavailable. > > Now, as I've never used ET cards, I'll take your statement at face value > that > their drivers are superior to the WANic one. > But, I'm not going to pick a superior binary-only driver over an inferior source-freely-available driver, if I have a choice. You may think this is screwy but it's how I feel. You are entitled to your opinion, but you (and others) should explain that when you are making "recommendations" because Im sure there are those that actually think that you are recommending the best solution, which clearly isnt the case. Most people prefer a boom-box to a crystal set, and those reading your opinions don't understand that context. I seem to remember reading in some book that the main advantage FreeBSD has over linux is its corporate-friendly license (who wrote that thing anyway?)...yet you bash the concept of using the license. It seems a bit hypocritcal to me. DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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