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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!news From: Andi Kleen <andi@mlm.extern.lrz-muenchen.de> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 10 Aug 1996 17:50:11 +0200 Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany) Lines: 10 Sender: andi@frob.mlm.extern.lrz-muenchen.de Distribution: world Message-ID: <m220hf9r2k.fsf@frob.mlm.extern.lrz-muenchen.de> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <stephenkDvp30A.366@netcom.com> <4u7hv4$jcd@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <slrn50epup.vrk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> <4u9oeg$91j@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> <32093E50.39EB@aloha.net> <slrn50ipqh.a9.cbbrowne@dantzig.brownes.org> <32097C81.167EB0E7@star-gate.com> <3209F875.3652CCE1@pobox.com> <320B5C98.38201961@xinside.com> <320B894A.5BFAB1C1@pobox.com> <4ui6o4$b0n@news.akula.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: frob.mlm.extern.lrz-muenchen.de X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.34/Emacs 19.31 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:20167 comp.os.linux.development.system:29536 comp.os.linux.x:37711 comp.os.linux.hardware:47136 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1017 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4569 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4339 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25275 nil@akula.com (Stan Lobunets) writes: > So how is it that Metro-X supports the Millenium? Did they reverse engineer > the card? Metro is a commercial company that doesn't release sources with their product so they can sign a NDA. XFree developers can't do this because they give source away. -Andi