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   From: rodxxxxx.xxuba@free.fr   
      
   Very good question : how to stimulate programmers ?   
      
   Except some exceptions, many people are stimulted with money.   
      
   So, maybe selling hardware may open the way to feedback a % of the hard to   
   the drivers authors ...   
      
   If tomorrow I sell an USB board for atari and assure a % of the price to an   
   author of the driver, will this run ?   
      
   If somebody is ready to develop here the USB driver and get money from me,   
   please contact me !   
      
   Regards   
      
   pp wrote:   
   > On jún. 9, 19:47, J.-Luc  wrote:   
   >> pp a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> Ok, ok... my fault : I omitted to add it concerns EtherNat.   
   >> We (who bought those very expensive boards) own a board that was   
   >> very promising, with 1 ethernet (actually working, but only using   
   >> MiNT OS) and 2 USB-2 ports.   
   >> Those who were lucky enough to receive their board(s) (some people   
   >> might not get theirs before next christmas) had to migrate to MiNT   
   >> in order to be able to use the ethernet, and the USB ports still   
   >> don't allow to run anything else that mice - where we were promised   
   >> memory sticks and other devices -.   
   >> I know, I wrote this already, but... I think this is really quite   
   >> frustrating : we bought a device that doesn't work half the way it   
   >> was announced to. :-(   
   >>   
   >> J.-Luc   
   >   
   > I saw that those projects are abandoned, went in public-domain   
   > (published HW source files). Of course beause of small interest. It is   
   > always like this when no some 'critical mass'. About undelivered   
   > promises I really can not say something. Complain to people who   
   > promised.   
   > But I talk already for long time about SW, driver problem. Still, see   
   > that people wants new HW, add-ons, interfaces. Then some new Atari   
   > clones are announced, for pretty high prices... Don't see any reason   
   > for optimism... Who will make drivers for those clones, still under   
   > (hard) development.   
   > As biggest problem among Atari people I see lack of realism. We must   
   > be aware that we are very limited - in our count, in our real   
   > possibilities for new developments. That making good SW, drivers, OS   
   > improvements takes more time and effort than making HW. Do we now pay   
   > price of massive piracy in past ? How to stimulate programmers ?   
   >   
   >   PP   
      
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