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From: dwex@aib.com (David E. Wexelblat)
Subject: Re: aha2742. why no 386bsd driver soon.
Message-ID: <CHsF9C.GoM@aib.com>
Organization: AIB Software, Inc.
References: <BPRIEST.93Dec9091407@adr14.adrs1.dseg.ti.com> <2e7kch$41a@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> <2e7oak$s8d@explorer.clark.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1993 21:48:47 GMT
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In article <2e7oak$s8d@explorer.clark.net> ack@clark.net (Eric S. Hvozda) writes:
>
>Hmmmm, I find this all very interesting. It appears that Adaptec is going down
>the path that Diamond has chosen. Anyone think this might become a trend
>among hardware vendors to attempt to edge out free OSs like *BSD and Linux?
>--
>Ack!
>Creek, not creek; Pop not soda; Car needs washed...
I think you vastly overstate the significance of free OSs / free window
systems. They are not afraid of us; we are absolutely, utterly insignificant
to them.
When this Diamond crap came up over a year ago, I took a Net poll on the
impact of their decision. I documented 10,000+ lost sales in a month's
worth of poll. I wrote this up, sent it to Diamond, and had a nice long
talk with them. The bottom line, folks, is that 10,000 SVGA boards are
absolutely irrelevent to Diamond's bottom line.
Why fight it? Just go find another vendor, and patronize them. This
is why XFree86 doesn't bother with Diamond. There are other vendors
who contact US to make sure that issues are dealt with; why should we
waste our time on troublemakers? Put your voting dollars behind BusLogic,
or DPT, or...
--
David Wexelblat <dwex@aib.com> (703) 430-9247 Fax: (703) 450-4560
AIB Software, Inc., 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160, Dulles, VA 20166
Formerly Virtual Technologies, Inc.
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