-=> Quoting Lewin Edwards to Joe Frankiewicz <=-

 ->>  Does USR keep the necessary source code proprietary?
 JF> Yes.
 LE> If USR will not allow third parties to develop drivers for it without
 LE> all the legal nonsense that Rockwell wrapped around RPI,

Rockwell did allow third parties to develop RPI and RPI+ software, just
under a licence agreement such as Tradewind s/w (COMit series), Pacific
Image Comms (SuperVoice II),  Bit Software (Bitcom), Softklone (Mirror III
for DOS), ...   Erm, all these run under DOS

 LE> you - are acting to close software architectures and stifle innovation.

By making WinModem only for a Windows' environment that's true

 LE> You and your employer have just dropped /below/ zero in my estimation
 LE> of integrity and personal worth. Congratulations!

Nah, that's too far.  Joe's alright, I've even seen him help someone out
with a Z-Z-Zoltrix (spit...                          phDang-ng-ng)

 LE> Microsoft's 'vision of the future' is irrelevant, because Microsoft is
 LE> not part of the future.

But Gates sure had a hand in forming the future...  Bring back GEM!

rgdZ
Richard

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