Kill MS, again, but sideways

[Steve Mynott]

Peter Fairbrother wrote:

> I got a request from a (US) psychiatrist that m-o-o-t (m-o-o-t is a CD that
> boots on your computer, and does secure things) should include an
> implementation of VOIP, to allow his patients to securely connect to his
> server. I think they are mostly servicemen or spies, but so what.

Voice Over IP?

I wouldn't bother and it sounds unlikely that anyone would use this.

> It's actually easy to do a version that will do that, and if you're
> listening, I'll do it soon, and for free to you only  :)  - but m-o-o-t is
> based on OpenBSD, and isn't that good at modems. Linux isn't that good
> either...

> The problem is that the usual, everyday, modem is _only_ supported by
> Windows... which thereby gains a competitive advantage, based on it's
> monopoly position.

No it's only winmodems which are supported only by windows.  Winmodems 
are found often in cheap laptops.

Acually some winmodems are supported by linux

http://www.linmodems.org/

although not by OpenBSD

-- Steve