-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <Pine.LNX.3.95.970721183747.25439E-100000@devel.nacs.net>, on 07/21/97 at 06:40 PM, Michael Stutz <stutz@dsl.org> said:
Because software development for I2O peripherals is forbidden for nonmembers, the US$5,000 yearly membership dues will put individuals and small organizations out of the game. Members themselves are not permitted to disclose their source code, and Microsoft has veto power to drop any organization from the SIG. This makes a grim scenario for independent programmers.
Sounds like a text book example for a anti-trust lawsuit angainst Microsoft, Intell & the I20 SIG. I wonder what Watcom, Borland and a few of the other compiler manufactures think about this. - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBM9QMSo9Co1n+aLhhAQHATQP/Ro6oxfT+LyCJKl9OLI+XR5y3tx2fnCYm 616EqwP17/ACaoB+9zp0sKVPyzcrJeZHsedR7OCt1oek5LmWrJERtTH3hlk3G68m 51C2/c/M3RPriv6ewqRehLBfLsxJmSwY4Yr6o4x3Ypadf/5Kh8ciVsmTw7WsSVIM jOqS0p8QMNo= =zzAz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----