Casper H.S. Dik wrote:
> "Frithiof Andreas Jensen" <frithiof.jensen@die_spammer_die.ericsson.com> writes:
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>>"David Kirkby" <REMOVE-david.kirkby@onetel.net> wrote in message
>>news:426ec2f6@212.67.96.135...
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>>>but are not free - in fact, the drivers at £395 are slightly more
>>>expensive than the card itself!!
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>>There is a reason for avoiding Solaris whenever possible unless forced by
>>corporate rulez - in which case corporate can bloody well pay up!
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> Well, it's the first time I've ever seen a hardware company charge
> extra for the drivers.
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> Casper

I don't think this is totally unknown in the Pee Cee world, as I think
some graphics cards manufactuers have been known to make a nominal
charge for Linux drivers, but a quick google could not find evidence of
this.

But NI are taking the **** a bit. This is not a "nominal charge" but
more than the cost of the hardware, as the NI card, with Windoze XP
drivers is £390. You can possibly buy the card with only Solaris drivers
for less than £390+£395=£785, but I have not checked that.