From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Mar 10 9: 7:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from cannon.ma.ikos.com (cannon.ma.ikos.com [137.103.105.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19553151AD for ; Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:07:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tich@cannon.ma.ikos.com) Received: from lonesome.ma.ikos.com (lonesome [137.103.105.44]) by cannon.ma.ikos.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA13872; Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:08:07 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Cownie Received: (from tich@localhost) by lonesome.ma.ikos.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA20518; Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:08:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:08:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199903101708.MAA20518@lonesome.ma.ikos.com> To: tich@ma.ikos.com, vev@michvhf.com Subject: Re: PCI WinModem Cc: dan@wolf.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Vince Vielhaber wrote: >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 OK, so far the only substantive criticism of WinModems and WinPeripherals in general is that they only run with Windows. On the plus side these things tend to offer good performance at ultra-cheap prices. Obviously if you want to run FreeBSD you shouldn't buy stuff that only works with Windows - but let's be honest and recognize this as being a deficiency of FreeBSD, rather than slagging off Windows and WinModems. Richard Cownie (tich@ma.ikos.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message