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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!news.ping.at!darkstar!not-for-mail From: alex@darkstar.ping.at (Alexander Sanda) 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 Followup-To: 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 Date: 31 Mar 1996 23:34:49 GMT Organization: STYX Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4jn4qp$6p@darkstar.my.lan> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j6msk$ho@darkstar.my.lan> <DovMp4.765@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: k133.ping.at X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 BETA-950824-color PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13821 comp.os.linux.development.system:20246 comp.os.linux.x:27939 comp.os.linux.hardware:34741 comp.os.linux.setup:47846 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:354 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2856 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2634 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16239 In article <DovMp4.765@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Richard Tobin (richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk) wrote: > It's hard to see how concealing programming information stops their > technology being "stolen", as you put it. > > In any case, if enough people boycott their products then maybe they > will decide that they're losing more than they gain. As you wrote - maybe. But don't forget: linux is not a mainstream OS. This is also true for other (free or commercial) unices. And all those DOS/Win/OS/2 users have no reason to complain, because they are getting their drivers (for free). Let's assume, that 10% of all linux users think about getting a matrox card. Now assume, that _all_ those people boycott matrox (which won't happen), because there is no free driver support. Even this scenario won't be a great loss for matrox. This sounds disappointing, but it's reality :-( -- A. Sanda Vienna, Austria email: alex@darkstar.ping.at powered by Linux ------------------------------------------------------------------