Re: PowerLink 128 (fwd)

velcro@pobox.com
Thu, 13 Jun 1996 22:25:46 -0400 (EDT)

> On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, MegaZone wrote:
>
> > No. We do not release any specs, even *with* an NDA.
>
> It would not be in Livingstons best interest to give normal folks the
> ability to make drivers for their card, especially w/r/t to UNIX. Think
> about it: Spend a few hundred bucks on a card, a few hundred on the
> hardware for a FreeBSD box, and voila, an OR.....

Um, so? Livingston gets to sell PowerLinks instead. Big deal, I doubt
it's going to cut into their sales of ORs, considering that I can
already buy an ISDN card that has Linux drivers. The OR market is
people who don't want to have to be Unix admins for their routers.

Now, if Livingston wanted to further penetrate the market for ISDN cards
they might consider the *BSD/Linux market more seriously. But hey,
I'm no marketingman, just a logical technoweenie...

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