What modems work with Ubuntu?

[Derek Broughton]

Lee Revell wrote:

> I guess that's your choice.  Most people I know would fire a project
> manager if they instructed them to spec out systems for a Linux app and
> they came back to me with something that required a binary only driver.

Most people wouldn't know the difference between an OSS and a binary-only
driver, so most "people you know" is a pretty small subset.
> 
> Most of the companies that ship binary only drivers don't even do it for
> IP reasons, it's either to conceal patent infringement or hide the
> crappiness of their code.  If you have something to hide I'm not
> touching your hardware with a 10 foot pole.

That's libelous.  "Never ascribe to malice what can reasonably be explained
by ignorance".  Most companies that ship binary-only drivers do so because
they still live in the mentality that says "this is _our_ product, we must
protect it".  They don't need to be hiding any faults - they just believe
in hiding.
> 
> For desktop stuff, whatever, but for a mission critical server, no way.
> Why would I trust my company to some vendor that doesn't even understand
> that open source makes a more stable system?

Millions of companies do.  Most of them don't even suffer for it.  Banking
systems have been relying on closed source software for decades.  
-- 
derek