. . . and i apologize in advance, if someone will be offended by this statement and for reporting here from an HyperionMP AW.net post but . . .
"It is also a fact that some dealers are offering these fixes to their customers for free, others are not.
Some dealers have supplied free Silicon Images 680 IDE controllers.
Criticising is always easy but the fact remains that some people have put their money where their mouth is.
If you believe Eyetech and Hyperion can take on the full financial burdern of resurrecting the platform alone, think again.
We might consider ripping off the French state, bankrupting a few companies and sticking the OS 4 developers with sizeable unpaid invoices but we'd rather do business in a honest manner without handing out free bees using other people's money."
This is an honest and realistic statement, if you ask me.