In praise of winmodems.

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Thu, 24 Dec 1998 15:05:09 +0100

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Hi,

On Thu, Dec 24, 1998 at 01:46:16PM -0000, Russell Nelson wrote:
> In principle, a winmodem with Open-Source(tm) drivers should be better 
> than most modems on the market, because we could fix it when there's a 
> problem.  Yes, part of the driver would need to be OS-dependent.  Part 
> of *every* portable Unix program needs to be OS-dependent.

Is there *any* Winmodem with Open Source drivers?

I don't think it's very likely to happen.  But I'm pessimistic anyway.

gert
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