Date: 6 Nov 2000 22:14:32 -0000 From: Mats Lofkvist <mal@kairos.algonet.se> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-stable-digest@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Supporting "winmodems" (was: PCI Modems Not Shown As Supported Hardware) Message-ID: <20001106221432.4707.qmail@kairos.algonet.se> In-Reply-To: <bulk.90484.20001106124918@hub.freebsd.org> (owner-freebsd-stable-digest@FreeBSD.ORG) References: <bulk.90484.20001106124918@hub.freebsd.org>
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My Dell laptop came with one preinstalled. I didn't know it was a winmodem
until it didn't work when I installed FreeBSD and called tech support.
It would be nice to have this support. What I mainly want to do, though,
is shoot the guy that invented them.
If you should decide that killing the inventor would be to use a
slightly to large hammer, why not just return the damned thing,
letting the supplier know you want a real modem that works with
something else than windows?
You may think they don't care, but with their margins a support
case like that is likely to remove a noticable part of the profit
on the unit sold to you.
Vote with your wallet. By keeping the winmodem you _help_ the
inventor/manufacturer you say you'd like to see dead. Asking
for it to be supported makes him wish for more enemies like you.
_
Mats Lofkvist
mal@algonet.se
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