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The copycats are free to write thier own drivers though? They could even open source them. Why should they get to steal them from FDTI? I do agree the cost of
by matt-p 1y ago
The copycats are free to write thier own drivers though? They could even open source them. Why should they get to steal them from FDTI?
I do agree the cost of the chips are insane however, they're ultimately worth paying for because of the driver support and 'just works' factor.
- Joel_Mckay 1y ago> copycats are free to write thier own drivers though? Sure, anyone paying for a Microsoft certified hardware driver, USB PID allocation, and cert fees every year... Everyone else is not allowed in the OS we paid for... It is a decades old serial port emulation chip... Racketeering with a computer should still be illegal. =3
- taneq 1y agoThey're not stealing anything.