etharp wrote: > <snip> > > > Joe....the real winmodem problem is better explained > > below by the two selected quotes from Rick Moen's > > linuxmafia.com website: > > > > http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/ > > good link, thanks
You're quite welcome. :) > <'nother snip> > > > Theoretically, programmers could write substitute > > "engine" software for non-MS-Windows operating systems. > > This would have to be done separately for each OS and for > > each modem-type crippled in some distinctive way. > > Further, it would entail reverse-engineering each such > > design's programming interface, without cooperation from > > manufacturers who classify this as proprietary > > information. In any event, programmers seem highly > > unlikely to bother, because they find it far easier to > > buy real modems, instead. > > not to mention a jail term in the USA due to the DCMA. True, that's a definate possibility, and I'm somewhat surprised that Rick hasn't yet updated the paragraph to reflect that danger. :) -- Alan
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