Re: Current PM3 modem cards

Jukka Pakkanen (jukka.pakkanen@qnet.fi)
Thu, 15 May 1997 23:15:02 +0300

Kevin Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> Considering that the Lucent modem cards should ship within 45 days, why is
> >> engineering still putting a lot of effort into a product that will be
> >> obsolete in 45 days?
> >>
> >
> >Sadly there are a lot of companies that drop support for a product
> >when newer products come out, or worse yet, when newer product is
> >barely on the drawing board. I donīt think Livingston is one of
> >those companies...
>
> Well you must have missed MZ's:
>
...
> >There will be a few releases that support both cards, but eventually
> >support for the old HW will be dropped.

Maybe you missed the "eventually" there? I never meant anyone should
support *really* obsolete hw, but the current modem cards are hardly
obsolete, even from Ascends point of view.

Well, who am I to speak for Livingston...

Jukka