Please could you remove your Reply-To: line when posting to the list because, by default, it stops messages in reply to you going to the list.
On 11/30/07, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 13:41 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > > Not sure why this has gone offlist so I'll post my reply back to the > list.. > > > > Yes but the point is most open source developers don't need a winmodem so > > why would they get involved in development for them? > > > > People develop what interests them or what their employers/sponsors pay > > them to develop. As most winmodem manufacturers aren't really that > > interested in the open source market they are not paying linux > developers.. > > > > True enough. Which does not solve the problem of a traveller with a > laptop. Hence the need for a USB to serial connector, and a hardware > modem. > > I have never had this combination fail, despite where I have used it. > > I did once (in error?) try a Linuxant driver with an asus laptop using > an ac97 soft modem. > Eventually gave up, as in the end the tech's at Linuxant admitted there > were modulation error's in the linuxant driver. > Cost me 30$ US too :-( > cheers Chris T > > -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
