From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 08:42:38 -0600 From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: Jack Johnson , Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] yes, it runs Plan 9, slowly In-Reply-To: <6e35c0620505172153101f0f8@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <6e35c0620505172153101f0f8@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4d3fc2a0-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, 17 May 2005, Jack Johnson wrote: > http://www.transmeta.com/developers/tm8820rdk.html just try to register to buy and you'll see the problem with transmeta. "I want to buy a board" "OK, tell us your life story" That still happens. OK, so I'm a, living at b, in c, at d, etc. from Africa, proceed. "OK, first, sign this IP agreement, then queue up and get a number to buy" https://ssl.transmeta.com/devkit/reg_to_buy.cgi That's what happened last time I try it. ok, Agree. c... User unknown [[ hey, who checked that?]] System Development Kit Registration Register to Buy Confirmation You will receive an email with your purchase authorization code and contact information for your sales region. If you do not receive this email within an hour, please let us know by sending an email to us at devkit@transmeta.com. yep, you have to get a purchase authorization code from a chip vendor to buy a damn board from a board vendor. woo ha! Generally, vendors like to sell you stuff. Transmeta wants to sell you stuff but also tie you up in 'code morphing' legalese. It gets old. I think I see dead people. ron