Jacques Goldberg writes:
As Webmaster of http://linmodems.technion.ac.il which is NOT
"linmodems.org", I wish to make it clear that I will veto any attempt to
recommend or reject modems in Web pages. Indeed, because the site is part
if an academic Institution, it HAS to be free from any commercial
implication. Information, yes. "Advertising", no.
Surely you realise, that without pressure from consumers, the modem
producers are not going to adapt.
Sure enough it contains a sort of replica of the discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
discussion list where people are free to give their opinions - but then it
comes from the author of the message, not from the site.
Sure
Re. Linuxant: why don't the authors of vitriolic calls to boycott xyz,
and more generally of flaming this or that, waste their time writing their
prose rather than writing software to make their modems work?
Because of the steep learning curve. It is easier to write vitriol than
learn something new. Further, the drivers that are available are almost all
based on code supplied by some company at first.
