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[gNewSense-users] Re: Working Hardware Database


From: Yavor Doganov
Subject: [gNewSense-users] Re: Working Hardware Database
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:37:18 +0300
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Karl Goetz wrote:
> 
> i find "Soft[ware]modem" much easier to say then w32modem ;)

I didn't propose "w32modem" -- w32 should be used in general sense,
i.e. "A w32 port for that program", "The w32 version fails to build".

"Soft[ware]modem" is a confusing word, because it presumes that the
modem could run with free software, which is not the case.  The proper
term for these nefarious devices is "Lose-modem", see
http://fsfeurope.org/documents/rms-fs-2006-03-09.en.html#today-we-have-enemies





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