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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.mid.net!newsfeeder.gi.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!gt-news!cc.gatech.edu!cc.gatech.edu!byron From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) 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: 7 Aug 1996 09:20:56 GMT Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology - College of Computing Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4u9n5o$8vd@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> References: <4u8vqu$ijm@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <4u956q$kuo@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gemini.cc.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-User: byron Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:19927 comp.os.linux.development.system:29291 comp.os.linux.x:37468 comp.os.linux.hardware:46761 comp.os.linux.setup:67560 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:985 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4506 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4274 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25066 In article <4u956q$kuo@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu>, Esmail Bonakdarian <bonak@herky.cs.uiowa.edu> wrote: >> BTW: This threat sucks allready, how about we get to something unix >> related? > >Ok, so I saw this thread and thought it looks interesting. Could >someone tell me why not to my a Matrox Millennium card? Because Matrox will not make the specifications for the card available without a Non-Disclosure Agreement. This means that no freely available drivers (particularly X11) are available for the card. Matrox has licensed their specifications to a commercial X vendor (X-inside I believe). So you can purchase a X server for $100. However many of us find the policy philosophically distasteful. > >I have a SONY 17sfII and I am looking at various video cards that will >work well with Linux (DOS/Windows too) and this monitor. Check out the offerings from Diamond and #9. > >So what's the problem with Matrox? I've heard that it would be wise to >avoid Diamond cards too, is this correct? Not anymore. Diamond had a simular policy as Matrox but changed their ways. They're good guys now... ;-) BAJ -- Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of... Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel - And Using Linux! Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu