Re: D-Link DWL-650

["Chris Eidem" <ceidem@Dexma.com>]

> In the case of ADMtek and TI, neither has made promises of being
> open-source friendly, so we can't blame them too much...however, you
> can certainly feel free to beat on vendors who replace useful products
> with useless products.  Return the thing, demand a FULL refund, no
> restocking fee.  After all, you bought it in good faith -- you checked
> the model number, they changed the spec of the product.  Make sure
> they understand why.  Write letters to the vendors -- at least if they
> change the design, GIVE IT A NEW MODEL NUMBER, DAMMIT!  And make it
> clear that your purchase of their products is dependant upon their
> supporting -- or at least, not obstructing -- open source OS support. 
> And point out that ONE card in ONE OpenBSD machine may act as an
> access point for a whole bunch of other machines...which won't be
> getting wireless cards at all without good OpenBSD support.
> 
> (how'd I end up on this soap box?)
> 
> Nick.

you got up there by either hot-headedness or hot air  :)

i can't blame you though, i know what you went through, since i got bit
by the damn thing too.  oh, well, just another excuse to buy a different
toy.  darned if i can fit two wireless cards into my laptop though...

 - chris