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Re: E3B - press release regarding potential software problem
« on: January 21, 2007, 12:17:08 AM »
I`m proud to say that all my Amigas are absolutely Elbox free (though I have an old Mroockeck in the spareparts drawer I got from somewhere). Statements like this (from Elbox) tell me that this is a good thing

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I also still don't see why people with the elbox usb stuff can't just register poseidon pretending to have one of those other non-elbox cards.


Fine you would have a registered stack then, that will not talk to spider.device by default. So where is the point.

If it is true what Argus says the question should be: Why is there a need for Spider ?

Just make no softwareupdates for your Elbox stuff and you are on the safe side. It isn`t like there are weekly updates incorporating groundshaking enhancements anyway.

I think this will totally backfire. People that have Elbox stuff aren`t affected as long as they don`t update their drivers and potential new customers will be scared away by this.
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Re: E3B - press release regarding potential software problem
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2007, 05:18:41 PM »
@ Andrea

Well there is a huge difference.
 Chis simply decided no to sell it's product to certain customers. Thats perfectly legal. It's his product and he can decide whom he sells it too, weather you like it or not.

Elbox on the other side says "We will render our hardware ( that you allready have paid us for !!) useless if you also use Chis software."
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Re: E3B - press release regarding potential software problem
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2007, 07:03:14 AM »
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Chris has not paid Elbox for writing Mediator USB drivers for his Poseidon stack.

Sure and why the hell should he ??? It`s not like Elbox has done Cris any favor in writing the driver. They did it so they could sell hardware. Usually in this big big World it works the other way round. The manufacrurerer of hardware have to pay license fees to use an existing system and write a driver for it.

Have you seen Microsoft pay Invidia for making Direct X drivers for their cards ? Have you seen the CGX-Team pay DCE for making drivers for VooDoo G-Rex ?

It seams you have quite a twisted view of reality. Or you are (as I think by now) just a simple troll or in some way connected to Elbox. Or has Tjaoz forgoten his passwort :lol:
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