In praise of winmodems.

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> 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.

i tend to disagree on this. winmodems would have too much impact on the OS
that runs the hardware. besides, what if there are several of these things
available ?  what if they are not compatble in some degree ? that would cost
a lot of time, a lot of energy and a lot of changes to several parts. 

it would resemble.... windows. 

I opt for a good modem with brains. winmodems haven't got them at all.

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