That's good to know! I am not a programmer, although I did do a little Assembly
stuff in DOS (back when there was no Windoze yet), and that experience
gave me a great respect for all that goes into producing a working piece of
software, let alone building the drivers for hardware. This is no simple task,
and requires a great deal of care, patience, and a little
blood-swear-and-tears. The fact that so many programmers are kind enough to
give us all this (the many Linux distributions available) at no cost, should in
no way infer that all software is free for the taking. If the guys at OSS want
$20.00 for their efforts, they are entitled to the cash. Dependable drivers
such as those in question would be cheep at twice the price.
Just my personal view,
Ernie
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999,Steve Philp wrote:
| "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." wrote:
| >
| > And to think I was trying to help this thief a few days ago ...
|
| Indeed...
|
| I did get a nice reply from 4Front/OSS about the problem. They've got a
| nice little handle on the situation it would seem.
|
| Look for a future version of OSS to use another unlock method. Rather
| nice that they've got those modules defined against certain kernels.
| Once you go past a certain point, you need a new set of modules from
| them. For normal, paying customers, it's no big deal, the upgrades are
| included in your $20. For the thieves in the crowd, they have a
| wonderful choice of coughing up the bucks or sticking with the ancient
| kernel. Hehehe..
|
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| Steve Philp
| Network Administrator
| Advance Packaging Corporation
| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
