On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 08:32:12AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:

 > it's just funny for me all thats NDA's. WHY when i buy a device i cannot
 > know how to use them. IMHO it's breaking of basic consumer law.

Of course you know how to use them.  They all come with user manuals,
after all.

There are plenty of reasons that companies choose not to disclose how
one talks to a device (I won't go into all of them here, and I'm not
saying that I agree with all of these reasons, but they do exist).

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>