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On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 09:18, Peter Jones wrote:
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<FONT SIZE="2"><I>They (Linuxant) put up a page saying why they are charging<BR>
<A HREF="https://www.linuxant.com/store/faq.php">https://www.linuxant.com/store/faq.php</FONT></A><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2">On the whole I think its pretty reasonable. People like to eat, and that costs.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2">Why is it that paying for hardware is the most acceptable thing in the world, but paying for software isn't?<BR>
Both have a huge investment in time.</FONT><BR>
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I have nothing against paying for software (unless it's overpriced, not mentioning any company, <I>Microsoft</I>), but paying for software, which is required to make my product work, and charging more for the driver, that the device is worth, I do not agree with.<BR>
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Also, the creators of the driver say that because the source wasn't open source, others couldn't help them, and the programmers were rushed, and pressured: <I>Why didn't they make it open source in the first place???</I><BR>
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I also belive that conexant, should provide the drivers for it's hundreds of users, as the driver for a winmodem, is part of the product, which has been brought.<BR>
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--- Jethro<BR>
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