On Tue, 16 May 2000, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> > How will these legal issues be brought on the track ? I think both
> > companies (SGI + Mips) should have an interest to free up these documents
> > or at least hand out to some people who sign some kind of NDA.
>
> This is all about rather old machines and also involves investing some
> resources so the interest is limited. Unfortunately this is a quite generic
> truth which is valid far beyond the borders of this case and these two
> companies.
I wish companies released specs for products getting out of commercial
interest on a regular basis. I believe this would assure their customers
of a good investment in hardware their purchased, as it would make it
supportable infinitely, i.e. until it physically dies. It would make it
more valuable even if a customer decides it's not needed anymore -- it
would be salable to Linux users, for example. Otherwise these systems
qualify as computer junk and this sort of equipment is expensive to get
rid of.
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+ Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland +
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