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[News] Elbox answer for the hardware protection featureANN.lu
Posted on 21-Mar-2001 09:31 GMT by Christophe Decanini9 comments
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From vgr:Elbox posted and responded to a few questions over the Mediator hadware key and December 13th date on the Amiga-Mediator mailinglist
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Comment 1Christian Munk20-Mar-2001 23:00 GMT
Comment 2Chris20-Mar-2001 23:00 GMT
Elbox answer for the hardware protection feature : Comment 3 of 9ANN.lu
Posted by Darrin on 20-Mar-2001 23:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (Christian Munk):
I think the tone of the press release is rather calm. If I had spent lots of money developing and DELIVERING a piece of hardware that the Amiga community needed years ago and the only thanks I got were a bunch of postings flaming the device because they don't like the features then I'd have added a few four letter words to my reply. It seems to me that Elbox have stated why there is line trashing, explained the workaround and are due to release the solution, but a noisy few don't like the answers and then sound off on a subject they know little about. These posters sound like the sort of people that if they won a blue Corvette sportscar in a competition they would tell the guy handing them they keys "I want a red one" instead of "Thanks". If these people think Elbox are lying then they must obviously know exactly how the Mediater hardware, firmware and drivers work, which begs the question "Why didn't they delvelop and make a PCI card themselves years ago?". I'll tell you why, it's because they don't have a %^&*ing clue.
Another interesting development in the world of e-space is a court ruling in the UK which now forces websites, newsgroups, service providers, etc to provide the actual name of the person behind anonymous posts so they can be sued for libel. This is a very interesting case as it now means if "Imnottellingmyname" posts on ANN that "Elbox have stolen a SDK for P96" and Elbox haven't then Elbox can demand the identity of the individual from any sources available and then take the guy to court and claim damages. The days of cowards being able to hide behind a virtual wall and spread slanderous untruths is coming to an end. Big Brother is listening :)
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Comment 9Christian Michael26-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
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