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<DIV>Hi Linuxant Team,<BR><BR>with all due respect but this course of action
really disappoints me. I<BR>didnt pay almost 1800$ for a notebook only to
realize that the only option<BR>to make the Centrino components work with my
linux system is to pay (again)<BR>20 bucks for a proprietary driver
loader. I have chosen linux besides other<BR>benifits for the reason that i
didnt have to pay for it. </DIV>
<DIV>Linux is open source and therefore its drivers should also be available
without further<BR>costs. </DIV>
<DIV>Dont get me wrong but i believe that Linuxant is betraying the<BR>community
with this marketing strategy. If you guys really have such a
close<BR>relationship to the hardware vendors it should be possible to make
the<BR>driverloader-concept available without any license fees. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Your advantage is the lack of official hardware drivers for linux and the
unability of the<BR>vendors to improve the situation. Intel promised the
Centrino owners to<BR>develop a working driver structure for all compentens of
the system yet<BR>there isnt even a beta available. I really hope Linuxant is
going to find<BR>another more consumer friendly option to release their
driverloader<BR>architecture. Until this moment i will have to wait for the
native intel<BR>Centrino drivers.<BR><BR>Sincerely<BR><BR>A. Ellberg<BR>-----
Original Message -----<BR>From: "Marc Boucher" <<A
href="mailto:marc@linuxant.com">marc@linuxant.com</A>><BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:driverloader-announce@lists.linuxant.com">driverloader-announce@lists.linuxant.com</A>><BR>Sent:
Sunday, November 09, 2003 2:01 PM<BR>Subject: [driverloader]
[driverloader-announce] Permanent DriverLoader<BR>licenses now
available<BR><BR><BR>> Hi,<BR>><BR>> Please see the official press
release below for details.<BR>><BR>> Cheers<BR>> Marc<BR>><BR>>
---<BR>><BR>> LINUXANT MAKES PERMANENT DRIVERLOADER LICENSES DIRECTLY
AVAILABLE TO<BR>END-USERS<BR>><BR>> MONTREAL, QC Nov. 9, 2003 - Linuxant
inc. is announcing, due to strong<BR>> popular demand, the immediate
availability of permanent end-user licenses<BR>for<BR>> DriverLoader, a
revolutionary compatibility-wrapper allowing standard<BR>> Windows NDIS
(Network Driver Interface Specification) drivers shipped by<BR>> hardware
vendors to be used as-is on Linux x86 systems.<BR>><BR>> DriverLoader
licenses for end-users have been affordably priced at USD<BR>$19.95<BR>> and
can now be purchased online from Linuxant's web store<BR>> (<A
href="https://www.linuxant.com/store">https://www.linuxant.com/store</A>).
Upgrades to future versions will be<BR>> provided at no extra charge for at
least one year or longer. Free 30-day<BR>> trial licenses also remain
available. Due to significant<BR>development/support<BR>> costs, and
inconclusive discussions with hardware vendors, it is not<BR>possible<BR>> to
make DriverLoader completely free for end-users at this time.<BR>><BR>>
The latest release of DriverLoader can be downloaded from Linuxant's
web<BR>site<BR>> and features significant stability improvements and
compatibility with<BR>> Intel PRO/Wireless (Centrino), Broadcom, Intersil
Prism GT/Duette/Indigo,<BR>> Cisco, Realtek, Texas Instruments, Atheros, and
other Wireless LAN drivers<BR>> for Windows.<BR>><BR>> Linuxant is
committed to continue improving DriverLoader so that it<BR>becomes a<BR>>
fully compatible generic wrapper capable of running the majority
of<BR>Windows<BR>> NDIS drivers.<BR>><BR>> DriverLoader technology is
the ideal Linux solution to support devices for<BR>> which no adequate native
open-source drivers are available. It also allows<BR>> vendors to drastically
reduce time to market or eliminate the need to<BR>support<BR>> multiple
drivers for Windows and Linux. By using the same NDIS driver on<BR>both<BR>>
platforms, significant resources can be saved. All Linux-specific code
in<BR>> DriverLoader remains open-source, allowing it to be used under
any<BR>supported<BR>> version of the kernel.<BR>><BR>> Thanks to
DriverLoader, owners of Wireless LAN devices (CardBus and PCI)<BR>with<BR>>
compatible Windows drivers can now use their devices under Linux,
enjoying<BR>> the full speed of the latest Wireless LAN technology with the
freedom of<BR>the<BR>> renowned open-source operating-system.<BR>><BR>>
DriverLoader packages can be downloaded from Linuxant's web site. The<BR>>
software is easy to install on standard Linux distributions (RedHat,
SuSE,<BR>> Mandrake, Debian, and derivatives) with any recent 2.4 or 2.6
kernel, and<BR>> includes a user-friendly Web-based configuration
system.<BR>><BR>> Vendors interested in using DriverLoader technology to
enable their<BR>products<BR>> under Linux should contact <A
href="mailto:services@linuxant.com">services@linuxant.com</A>.<BR>><BR>>
For more information or to download your copy of DriverLoader, please
go<BR>to<BR>> <A
href="http://www.linuxant.com">http://www.linuxant.com</A><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
About Linuxant<BR>><BR>> Linuxant is a world-class supplier of consulting,
software development and<BR>> professional support services. Linuxant works
closely with leading vendors<BR>> and OEMs of semiconductor, PC, embedded and
communication/wireless<BR>products,<BR>> as well as with companies in other
industries, providing technological<BR>> expertise and solutions to maximize
the potential of Linux and<BR>open-source.<BR>> Additionally, Linuxant
develops and distributes specialized system<BR>software,<BR>> such as device
drivers for specific applications.<BR>><BR>> Linuxant and DriverLoader are
trademarks of Linuxant inc.<BR>> Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in
the US and some other countries.<BR>> Other trademarks belong to their
respective owners.<BR>>
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