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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!news-1.csn.net!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!stephenk From: stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans) Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Message-ID: <stephenkDoyy29.AC9@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <4j36ev$prl@news.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> <3156F9B5.41C67EA6@rah.star-gate.com> <4jd3ad$2in@park.uvsc.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 08:25:20 GMT Lines: 14 Sender: stephenk@netcom.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13679 comp.os.linux.development.system:20019 comp.os.linux.x:27632 comp.os.linux.hardware:34386 comp.os.linux.setup:47261 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:295 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2789 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2564 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16034 In article <4jd3ad$2in@park.uvsc.edu> Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes: >"Amancio Hasty, Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> wrote: >] Honestly, as the vga chip vendors battle it out it is going to >] be harder and harder to get them to allow us to distribute >] source code to their hardware. > >Cool! Amancio has a matter compiler that compiles source code >into hardware! > >8-) 8-) > I don't know about you guys, but I will not knowingly buy such hardware. ESPECIALLY if the company goes to such great lengths to stop me from using it!