On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 03:43:17PM +1030, Tim wrote: > Of course, you don't need access to the source code to be able to do > that, hackers have been working that sort of stuff out for themselves > right from the start. And today that kind of hacking may be considered illegal if the manufacturer decided to press charges. > All in all, any manufacturer claiming your reasons for deliberately > knobbling a product, or withholding information, is just making silly > excuses. You DO understand the difference, don't you? In the case that you hack the interface and create a driver that allows them to turn the hardware into a death ray and incinerate San Francisco, it's not TI's fault? And it is, if they gave you the information that permitted you to do this? You _are_ just arguing for form's sake, right? -- Dave Ihnat President, DMINET Consulting, Inc. dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx
