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Date:      Fri, 11 Jul 1997 11:08:13 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        rminnich@Sarnoff.COM, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au
Cc:        deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I2O only available under NDA?
Message-ID:  <3.0.1.32.19970711110813.0087e280@mail.lariat.org>
In-Reply-To: <882564D1.005D4E96.00@IWNS2.infoworld.com>

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At 12:27 PM 7/11/97 -0400, rminnich@Sarnoff.COM wrote:

>I think you can make a pretty strong case that I2O is there to cover for
>the performance failings of Windows/NT.
>ron

Whether or not it is, it'll never be a contender unless it's open.

The representative's lame excuse regarding patents is bogus, by the way.
The patents apply only to the hardware, not software.

--Brett Glass



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