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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.cse.psu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!zeke.ebtech.net!loki.tor.hookup.net!nic.ott.hookup.net!nic.ott.hookup.net!not-for-mail From: aem@nic.ott.hookup.net (Mileski Andrew E.) 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: 18 Apr 1996 18:17:14 GMT Organization: HookUp Communication Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4l60va$1c7@nic.ott.hookup.net> References: <4jv7of$m5t@park.uvsc.edu> <stephenkDpnHM8.864@netcom.com> <31702BA0.58F7B46@lambert.org> <199604142243.XAA04706@kythera.demon.co.uk> <4l3257$pug@Mars.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nic.ott.hookup.net NNTP-Posting-User: aem X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950621BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14655 comp.os.linux.development.system:21840 comp.os.linux.x:29806 comp.os.linux.hardware:36815 comp.os.linux.setup:51308 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:714 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3351 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3193 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17744 Michael Kaufman (kaufman@MCS.COM) wrote: : >Furthermore it appears (from some of the recent postings in this : >group) that XInside have an _exclusive_ deal to provide "drivers" for : >X/Unix. : : Furthermore, the fact the MetroLink also sells Millenium "drivers" : for X/Unix makes it somewhat doubtful that XInside has an _exclusive_ : deal. There is _NO_ deal. _ANYBODY_ can get the docs from Matrox. The problem is you must sign a NDA. Matrox claims this is becuase their hardware is the magic, not the software, as is the case with S3 cards and such. I don't agree with this logic, but I own a Matrox Millennium anyways because it is a fine card. -- Andrew E. Mileski -- mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net http://www.redhat.com/~aem/