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- From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
- Subject: Re: Class 2 FAX modem AT commands documentation (Re: Telebit FAX upgrade)
- Message-ID: <C0KKGB.1I7@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 04:28:58 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.103514.18304@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <C0Jout.43t@telebit.com> <C0Jr0o.MHI@zoo.toronto.edu>
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- In article <C0Jr0o.MHI@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
- >In article <C0Jout.43t@telebit.com> ronal@telebit.com (Ronal Thompson) writes:
- >>But, did you call Telebit customer service and tell them that you are
- >>a developer of fax software and ask for the Developers agreement?
- >
- >Why should I need a Developers agreement just to get proper documentation
- >on my own modem? Will Telebit stop shipping manuals entirely to people
- >who don't sign such agreements? After all, the logical conclusion of
- >this line of argument is that only people developing communications
- >software need to know what *any* of the S-registers do...
- >
- >What, precisely, does the Developers agreement entail?
-
- I happen to agree.
-
- Look, Gents. Telebit, and others, listen up:
-
- We are intelligent consumers here. We have for over a DECADE NOW
- gotten manuals with every S register (or at least, in the case of
- Telebit, the important ones) documented. NOW you put out product
- with an ENTIRE COMMAND SET which is undocumented in your manuals.
-
- There is NOTHING wrong with you documenting your own command set.
- CCITT or otherwise.
-
- Publish this info. It is part of your product's specification and should
- be in the manual.
-
- Period.
-
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