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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!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!pier2.bayarea.net!usenet From: Brian Kimball <kimball@bayarea.net> 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: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 08:59:56 -0700 Organization: Bay Area Internet Solutions (408)447-8690 Lines: 39 Message-ID: <32231B7C.69FF0FAF@bayarea.net> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4us57j$f0c@guysmiley.blarg.net> <4v9q48$et@anorak. <3222A2C3.7833@bayarea.net> <199608271325.JAA29389@gemini.cc.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kimball.bayarea.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; Linux 1.2.13 i686) To: Byron A Jeff <byron@gemini.cc.gatech.edu> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:21095 comp.os.linux.development.system:30531 comp.os.linux.x:39040 comp.os.linux.hardware:48677 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1070 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4719 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4478 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26220 Byron A Jeff wrote: > >Some people have the wrong impression that Matrox is refusing to give > >information about their cards to XFree if the source will be available. > > I might buy that. Please explain this position... read on... > >That used to be the case, now they have changed their ways. I'm using > >a 4MB Millenium card and it works great with RedHat 3.0.3/MetroX. There > >are no problems. > > Danger Will Robinson! Danger! Danger! > > This sir is a non-sequitur. A verbal sucker punch. > > See MetroX isn't Xfree86. It's a commercial X server. Source code is not > available for it. It is not free. :-) You can blame me for not writing clearly. I have heard from many people that Matrox has stopped their practice of requiring developers to sign NDAs. Just to double-check, I contacted Matrox and asked them if they still force developers to sign NDAs. I will publish their response to this thread when I get it. But be sure-- If NDAs are not required then most likely XFree86 will have an X server in the works. > Let's move on to another discussion... agreed. Brian