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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.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!news.imag.fr!knaff From: knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr (Alain Knaff) 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,misc.consumers Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 8 Aug 1996 14:35:17 GMT Organization: None Lines: 18 Message-ID: <slrn50jupd.nc2.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <stephenkDvp30A.366@netcom.com> <4u7hv4$jcd@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <slrn50epup.vrk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> <4u9oeg$91j@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> <32093E50.39EB@aloha.net> <slrn50ipqh.a9.cbbrowne@dantzig.brownes.org> <32097C81.167EB0E7@star-gate.com> <3209F875.3652CCE1@pobox.com> Reply-To: Alain.Knaff@inrialpes.fr NNTP-Posting-Host: isis.imag.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.4 (BETA) UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:20040 comp.os.linux.development.system:29412 comp.os.linux.x:37586 comp.os.linux.hardware:46955 comp.os.linux.setup:67835 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:999 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4540 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4303 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25172 misc.consumers:93938 In <3209F875.3652CCE1@pobox.com>, Subhas Roy <subhas@pobox.com> wrote: :I think the real reason for Matrox not helping XFree86.org : is probably this: : : Matrox sold the specs of their cards to Xinside and MetroX. : Now, if Matrox gives the specs to Xfree for free, Xinside : or Metro might sue them. Matrox is afraid of that. Couldn't they just refund the purchase price of the specs to Xinside and MetroX, and thus remove all grounds for a suit. Certainly this purchase price is less than the sum of lost sales due to their "secrecy policy", isn't it? -- Linux - Why use Windows, since there is a door? Alain