From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 22:04:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6A25106568D for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:04:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp105.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp105.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 713C48FC17 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:04:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 37716 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2008 22:04:28 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:X-Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=mFSas1kWK/oEuTpt06ljyS9v3H5YgJBnf20x/9pJy4XKlvuxIO7UtFAP3yhL6GR5WuRxgf+bNgofXYT5sQkFlOXSQ6YIf2uQnqzJUlDfVywJdtnWVTpCyqmSA/CpWzYX1N7bR3/y32x23YrSncmd1driocku5EukpN6owFyb/mM= ; Received: from unknown (HELO scorpio) (gesbbb@67.189.233.182 with login) by smtp105.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Oct 2008 22:04:28 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: qDvsvvsVM1l6Vj7QXN3y47TN7gwxJ8drg8sZ3Tyi28RVbFELn2jkn4vqNcu2f0ZLesu805RQf61iuY4q.Og0lqyMJ_7T3d9ahRuvXUE5GSVvoGISVHYxQID1vn_MQFz5mNm3gIL0ecVPYdAKYRs2_Byblgj82i8RAYNJufIqQzYZEcIy X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:04:24 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081001180424.56e6ca69@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20081001232502.G56202@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <200810011048.21874.lists@rhavenn.net> <18659.52849.278757.861259@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081001172216.5015add3@scorpio> <20081001232502.G56202@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/yAR_qJs0=D7jnUSEQF.TsOF"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Subject: Re: Questions drivers for VGA and NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:04:29 -0000 --Sig_/yAR_qJs0=D7jnUSEQF.TsOF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 23:25:19 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> In all likelihood, the probability of any vendor creating FBSD >> specific drivers is directly proportionate to the expenditure of >> funds to create and maintain the driver versus the expected revenue >> from such an expenditure. =20 > >giving out a specs will be the simplest way. Any entity, or corporation, has a right to expect a return on their investment. To expect a corporation to simply give away something, thereby depriving their shareholders, partners or whatever, of their rightfully expected monetary reward is foolish. It certainly is not a well thought out business model. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com If man is only a little lower than the angels, the angels should reform. Mary Wilson Little --Sig_/yAR_qJs0=D7jnUSEQF.TsOF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjj8+kACgkQBvaKIJWWCO2AogCfcw883J5LQvzP4Oz3cyI1nSrO UrwAmwf1VUvDc+wYKUVhLtT9ji+fvQ08 =CKui -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/yAR_qJs0=D7jnUSEQF.TsOF--