On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Dan Hollis wrote:
> They require not only an NDA, but that you also do all development on-site
> at their santa clara HQ under their direct supervision.
I haven't went that far -- I'm not going to sign any NDA anytime soon, so
I haven't asked them for details. I recall someone writing here it's
restrictive, indeed.
> The only people who have ever got info out of serverworks are the lm78
> guys and (i think) andre hedrick.
I was asking for a few I/O APIC details -- apparently there are problems
with 8254 interoperability and we have to use the awkward through-8259A
mode for the timer tick.
> What magic incantations they chanted, or which mafia thugs they hired to
> manage this, I don't know...
And I don't actually care. If they want to lose in the Linux area, it's
their own choice.
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