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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!newsfeed.acns.nwu.edu!ftpbox!mothost!newdelph.cig.mot.com!whelk!willmore From: willmore@whelk.cig.mot.com (David A Willmore) 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 Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 27 Mar 96 22:17:05 GMT Organization: Motorola Cellular Infrastructure Group Lines: 18 Message-ID: <willmore.827965025@whelk> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j3muv$34m@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> <4j3v64$1rq@virtech.aib.com> <4j7dg2$t3t@moacs11.moacs.indiv.nl.net> <4j8s8a$q8b@newstand.syr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: whelk.cig.mot.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13746 comp.os.linux.development.system:20137 comp.os.linux.x:27789 comp.os.linux.hardware:34564 comp.os.linux.setup:47544 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:318 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2817 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2597 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16136 melevitt@syr.edu (Mark Levitt) writes: > Matrox will come around the same way Diamond did. When I first installed >Linux, all the docs and howtos said don't bother trying to use a diamond card, >they won't work. Well, now they do. Pressure can be brought to bear on >Matrox, just as it was on Diamond. Start writting letters (paper ones) to >Matrox's president. Be polite and tell them how much money you would spend on >their products, if only their was support for it. > Think about all the Linux ISPs that I'm sure Matrox would want to sell >hardware too. Make the point that, yes you can use Xinside's server, but it's >just easier to buy a different card. Mention in the letter the other card you >will buy. > This is probably the best way to get them to open up. Perfectly stated. Cheers, David