BG> I was actually on my 4th USR before I knew about that.  So?

PE> So you weren't well aware of it for years.  Just
PE> like lots of other people.  Until it bites them.

BG> It only ever bites ONCE Paul.

Thats crap, it can bit more than once. And if
it was designed properly it wouldnt EVER bite.

BG> Or not at all if you RTFM.

Soorree, the manual doesnt say that the ATZ can bite.

PE> Anyway, a deficiency IS a quirk which can cause problems.

BG> For the brain-dead perhaps.

Yeah, yeah, we know, its always the users fault. Sure bill.

BG> It never bit me before I knew about it.

All that proves is that doesnt bite everyone. Clearly someone who never
receives an incoming call on their modem will never get bitten. So ? It
STILL makes sense to do it the way everyone else does so it doesnt bite
ANYONE. But a rabid zealot cant manage to grasp that. Thats what rabid
zealots are like I guess, their beloved is absolutely perfect in every
way, not a thing can be improved on. Sure Bill, whatever your recon.

BG> the hardware is easily (and probably quite legally) copyable,

PE> Pity no-one's done it then, which is what
PE> Rod was saying the Taiwanese should do.

He's right.

BG> They came pretty close with the ZyXel modem though.

Taint a copy of the USR hardware so close the user can use USR SDLs tho.

BG> We were actually discussing copying the ROM code which
BG> controls the hardware, and that is indeed copyrighted material.

Nope.

PE> And which Rod WASN'T planning on mass-producing at all.

BG> Missing the point completely.  As usual.

Nope, you claimed some illegality. It certainly aint illegal to clone
the hardware. It distinctly arguable if it IS actually illegal for the
USER to load a USR SDL into a Taiwanese clone of the USR hardware.
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