From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Mar 10 8:49:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from paprika.michvhf.com (paprika.michvhf.com [209.57.60.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 08AAA153E6 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 1999 08:49:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vev@michvhf.com) Received: (qmail 7922 invoked by uid 1001); 10 Mar 1999 16:49:20 -0000 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:49:20 -0500 (EST) From: Vince Vielhaber To: Richard Cownie Cc: dan@wolf.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI WinModem In-Reply-To: <199903101637.LAA20496@lonesome.ma.ikos.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Richard Cownie wrote: > The "optimal" division of functions between the peripheral and the host > CPU is changing over time as we have more and more horsepower to burn > in the CPU. Personally I respect the fact that the Windows world is > willing to spend the time and effort to re-evaluate this tradeoff and > build a modem that only costs $15-20 - there's plenty I don't like about > Windows, but I admire the support for all varieties of ultra-cheap > hardware. One of the biggest drawbacks to WinPeripherals is the lack of an open standard. Look at the new win printers. They're a lose if you don't run windows. The spec isn't open and everything has to be reverse engineered. That's the current method M$ is using to hold market share. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include TEAM-OS2 Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message