[3288] in linux-net channel archive
Re: ET support for LINUX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacek Zapala)
Tue Jun 18 09:27:40 1996
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:33:44 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Jacek Zapala <jacek@deuter.im.pw.edu.pl>
To: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com>
Cc: mike@lserv.conexio.co.za, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <m0uVe9p-0000sRC@wittsend.com>
By the way: does somebody know any other than ET company producing
synchronous cards (and of course supporting Linux)? I'm looking for the
way to connect synchronous modem 128k to Linux ........
Jacek
On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> Alan Cox enscribed thusly:
>
> > > Its a shitty business. Any commercial vendor who focuses on the free market
> > > with a hardware only product is a loser company. Look at how much SDL has
> > > had to drop their prices in the last year or two to get people to buy their
> > > boards?
>
> > Isn't competition a wonderful thing. BTW I'm dying to see what SDL have
> > to say about you calling them "a loser company" on a public discussion list.
>
> Ah - give him a break. He's belly aching because there are more
> and more companies like mine that are openly refusing to do business with
> companies which don't support Linux when their competators do. So while
> he complains it's a shitty business, he's losing market share to his
> competators. Since he does not WANT to support Linux, this is his only
> recourse - to slam Linux and try and win back some wavering souls.
>
> I think it's apparent that since he's on these lists, he's hearing
> a significant level of interest. Reading his original articles, it sounds
> a lot like he's in that class of companies who are now dropping into a
> severe defensive posture. Let him whine. It lets us know that Linux
> really is main stream and that the chumps who aren't supporting it are
> really beginning to hurt. :-)
>
> I told Pure Software that we couldn't go with them because they
> didn't support all of our developement platforms. When I told them that
> the lack of Linux support was the determining factor - the reaction was
> "not another one". I've been told that Linux support may be under review.
> In the mean time - we find another vendor... And the beat goes on...
>
> BTW... Just so everyone knows that I practice what I preach -
> yes we are producing (and using) commercial products on Linux at where I
> work. On top of that - I routinely configure and install firewalls based
> on Linux. Our corporate firewall is a Linux system.
>
> I was recently at an NPA meeting (Network Professionals
> Association - formerly known as - Netware Professionals Association) and
> when someone learned I was big into Linux I got hit with remarks from
> all directions (none negative). One person asked if there where any classes
> or certifications for Linux! Another person remarked that they just learned
> that their corporate firewall was Linux. This was especially significant
> since they were largely a Novel and Windows NT shop! They LOVE that Linux
> firewall though!
>
> > Alan
>
> Mike
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