Return to BSD News archive
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!hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!miso.cs.uq.edu.au!warwick
From: warwick@cs.uq.edu.au (Warwick Allison)
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: 23 Apr 1996 22:09:18 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, University of Queensland
Lines: 28
Message-ID: <4ljkee$s52@miso.cs.uq.edu.au>
References: <3176AFE0.28146F7@lambert.org> <stephenkDq3B99.FDq@netcom.com> <31785BB6.99F81FD@lambert.org> <stephenkDq62u3.7En@netcom.com> <31796B47.5E7DCA65@lambert.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: isa.cs.uq.edu.au
X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #7 (NOV)
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14740 comp.os.linux.development.system:22038 comp.os.linux.x:29957 comp.os.linux.hardware:36963 comp.os.linux.setup:51613 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:777 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3426 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3276 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17925
Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes:
>Stephen Knilans wrote:
>] Actually, FASTER DOES imply that it WORKS! If it is the
>] fastest card on the planet, yet can't run your application,
>] it isn't very fast afterall, now is it?
>"The Concorde isn't the fastest commercial passenger aircraft
> on the planet because I can't buy replacement parts at Checker
> Auto Parts and it won't run on unleaded gasoline from a Circle
> K gas pump".
Incorrect analogy. Correct one:
"The Concorde isn't the fastest commercial passenger aircraft
on the planet because they don't allow people over 6 foot tall,
which precludes me."
Of course, Concorde DOES allow me, because they designed their
aircraft to accomodate as many users as possible, even though
some of use cost them more to support than others.
--
Warwick
--
_-_|\ warwick@cs.uq.edu.au Linux: Say `No' to broken windows.
/ * <- Comp Sci Department, McD: http://student.uq.edu.au/~s002434/mcl.html
\_.-._/ Univ. of Queensland, POV: http://student.uq.edu.au/~s002434/pov.html
v Brisbane, Australia. ME: http://student.uq.edu.au/~s002434