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From: tero.narinen@lut.fi (Tero Narinen)
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Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 96 14:26:53 GMT
Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology
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In article <4umq90$ho4@idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be>, geert@cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Geert Uytterhoeven) wrote:
>In article <4umjgf$d4o@guysmiley.blarg.net>, vanevery@blarg.net (Brandon J. Van
> Every) writes:
>|> Let's put it another way. The freeware universe, and particularly
>|> Linuxers, are always making the mistake of thinking that their market
>|> is a gift from God or something. It isn't. It's tiny. It's paltry.
> ^^^^^^^^^^
>|> It's growing, but one should keep in mind a certain sense of scale
>|> before declaring that someone like Matrox's strategy is
>|> "self-defeating."
>
>Yes, it's tiny compared to the rest of the world, but then you forget something
>important...
>
>Most Linux users I know do know what's good hardware, and they're willing to
>pay for it (for the _hardware_). They don't think you can buy a
>state-of-the-art screeming multi-media machine at the local mall for 1000 USD,
>like most W95 users do. They do know Matrox boards are great and fast and worth
>their money, and they would buy one if XFree would support it.
>
>So the Linux market may be small, but the penetration of high-end graphics
>boards is much higher in those tiny market than in the general
>home-garden-kitchen W95 market.
This is not intended as flame. I previously had Diamond Stealth 64
Vram (S3968). Local store gave me a Matrox Millenium for test. Matrox gave me
so much better picture with same monitor that I changed to it instantly.
Matrox costs something like $300. You can have RedHat bundle with Metro-x
for $50. I personally am willing to pay that extra $50 to get that better
picture quality. My point: If you can afford a Matrox, you can afford to buy
the X-server. It is another question is whether or not this is against your
principle that all Linux should be freeware.
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