+++ Sayamindu Dasgupta [2002-08-25 14:05:36]: > On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 12:19:04AM +0530, Kingsly John poked the keyboard with a >stick and composed:
I dunno about the others but I use my fingers! ;-) > basically, there *are* *nix drivers for winmodems, but the main problem > of these drivers are that they are "non free" (as in free speech) > these drivers cause more harm than good IMO, and should be avoided > one cannot help if one already has a winmodem, but when buying a new > one, a winmodem is best avoided, simply because they do not have > non-free drivers Does it really matter ?? Would you use M$FT products if they let you look at the code ??(for a price) Have you actually gone through the source code of every single software that you use ?? <linus> And I personally refuse to use inferior tools because of ideology. In fact, I will go as far as saying that making excuses for bad tools due to ideology is _stupid_, and people who do that think with their gonads, not their brains. </linus> Ok,, I wouldn't say that winmodems are superior... but with CPU's clocking Ghz... there isn't much of a difference in performance and as I had noted earlier.. the Lucent winmodem worked better than my external modem on my parents comp. > and regarding the surge thing, i have seen some UPS with "surge > protection" for modems - dunno what they do I'm talking about surges through the phoneline... do these UPSs have RJ-11(???) jacks ? Kingsly -- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
