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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:12690 comp.unix.bsd:14483 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.ans.net!potogold.rmii.com!gcs!mark From: mark@gcs.com (Mark Bolzern) Subject: Re: APC UPS owners or potential buyers, trying to show user base Organization: WorkGroup Solutions (FlagShip) & GCS, Inc. Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 04:37:01 GMT Message-ID: <Ctw4tr.Hxp@gcs.com> References: <316bjc$hlh@thor.tjhsst.edu> Lines: 21 In article <316bjc$hlh@thor.tjhsst.edu>, Craig Metz <cmetz@thor.tjhsst.edu> wrote: > I had a talk today with Debbie Gray (sp?) of American Power Conversion >regarding trying to get information on how to communicate with their Smart >UPS products' onboard controllers in order to write a Linux driver. APC is >one of the *many* manufacturers that plays the old NDA game, i.e., ``we >consider that to be proprietary information that we have to protect''. However, >she seemed to at least not be a brick wall to the idea of trying to change >this policy so that a freely redistributable in source form Linux driver could >be done. She told me that she will be talking to her supervisor when he's >back from Interop next week about this. Try Best.... They have a better product (Rare that someone named that would) and don't mind talking.... I got a Best UPS not too long ago with a full programming manual, and source code in C for several different Unix versions. -- Mark Bolzern : mark@gcs.com USA Tel: (303) 699-7470 Fax: (303) 699-2793 WorkGroup Solutions, Inc. The FlagShip "Clipper and XBase on Unix" People FlagShip is a 4GL Database Development System & Xbase Porting Tool for Unix No Runtime Fees Info at ftp.wgs.com : /pub2/wgs/Filelist OR mail: info@wgs.com