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Re: Intel's page on i20



At 06:33 AM 4/15/98 -0400, Norm wrote:

>     Anyone can join the group, for hefty a price ($5000/yr, $2000/yr
>for 'associate members') that is (a definite problem for 'free
>software' developers and small 'startup' companies...see
>http://www.kenandted.com/i2o/).  But not only is it going to cost a
>'pretty penny', IIRC your membership in the group can also be easily
>terminated by other members (who are often current or potential
>competitors).

Not only that -- but you can't publish your source code. This prevents
the collaborative development and refinement of drivers for freely
redistributable operating systems.

--Brett Glass