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From: vern@zebra.alphacdc.com (Vern Hoxie)
Subject: Re: Why *I'M* not happy with XInside's Matrox support (was Re: Sometimes you need X server source)
Message-ID: <DpHFnt.54J@zebra.alphacdc.com>
Organization: Denver, Colo.
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 08:02:17 GMT
References: <4ja28c$9da@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <slongDp419I.JEy@netcom.com> <4jo91d$682@grobbebol.xs4all.nl> <Dp78ut.1GG@kerberos.demon.co.uk>
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In article <Dp78ut.1GG@kerberos.demon.co.uk>,
Anthony Lovell <alovell@kerberos.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Roeland Th. Jansen (bengel@xs4all.nl) wrote:
>
>: reading the thread for some time now, I see "we" have two camps. One that is
>: willing to pay for a piece of software and hardware because they acnowledge
>: the fact that nothing is free -- and the camp of people who simply don't
>: want to pay money at all.
>
>That's not quite right, what we really have is a large group who will
>not pay for hardware/software combinations UNLESS they deliver a measurable
>improvement in performance and usability over the existing free software
>with it's supported hardware.
Hey!!
Don't forget those of us who buy a product but can only use it's full
capabilities if we buy supporting software.
When a company produces hardware then sells the interfaces as 'proprietary'
is like buying an Ford but you have buy Texaco gas for it to run.
Is'nt this as unethical as 'bait and switch'.
vern
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