However what is an argument according to me is that though the winmodems are cheaper to make because they have more of the innards in software companies are generally not giving the benefits back to the consumers , and in some cases they aren't even clearly stating the difference . I.e. most modems don't have "this is a winmodem or HCF whatever blah blah modem on the cover. it should be there so that you can see what you're buying. especially in India where the shops don't give no-lemon guarantees. further discussion should be in LIG I feel. Cheerio RObin SEN wrote: > > On Date: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 11:15 PM Arun Sharma said... > > >> some arn't even released.) These modems also end up chewing valuable > >> processor cycles during operation. > > > >This is not a valid argument any more. A 450 MHz AMD K6-2 sells for > >US $39. There is plenty of cheap CPU out there. > > Kaushik> The tradeoff is between keeping the processor free to > Kaushik>perform floating pt calcs for graphics rendering or > Kaushik>tying it up , with what could have been implemented in > Kaushik>the hardware & the responsibility of writing/aquiring a > Kaushik>driver for the hardware which they have economised. The > Kaushik>onus is on the user depending on the need basis. > > >Get a "real" modem, isn't a valid argument. If you make that argument, > >Linux will lose - for the same reasons why BSD lost to Linux (in > >popularity), by telling people to get a SCSI disk instead of IDE. > > Kaushik>Simplification of the installing process & Use , is after all > Kaushik>what is needed I guess, that's why a GUI interface has > Kaushik>become a defacto standard in most modern o/s's , Kaushik>though it > forces people to buy costlier hardware. > > Kaushik> A lil extra cost( not a big jmp when you mov from IDE to SCSI) > ensures overall compatibility. IMHO that logic should stick. > > Regards > Kaushik Sen > > "640K ought to be enough for anybody." > -- Bill Gates, 1981 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on the LIH mailing list see: > http://lists.linux-india.org/lists/LIH -- _END_ Robin S Chatterjee Yahoo pager ID -Robinchatterjee mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FAX 1-(815)550-6171 Robin's Poetry Pages http://www.geocities.com/singerosongs Robin's Perl Pages http://www.geocities.com/robinchatterjee ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For information on this and other Linux India mailing lists check out http://lists.linux-india.org/
