On Sunday 31 October 2004 07:41 am, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > 2) Wouldn't voting with your pocketbook be more persuasive than whining? > > I recently bought two WiFI cards that use the Prism chipset > > (seattlewireless.net) 'cause they've got better support in the systems I > > use. This purchase represents a loss for TI & the mfrs who buy their > > ACX100 chips, and a gain for Intersil and their customers. The free > > market is pretty effective at sorting these things out. > > It's obviously not, because (as a !Windows user) your pocketbook isn't even > registered for voting. Oh yes it is... my vote may go for Ralph Nader, but it's still a vote! And I think you may under-estimate just how many people and organizations are using open source and/or free software. Respectfully, JayReceived on Sun Oct 31 2004 - 16:25:13 UTC
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