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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!condor.ic.net!news.cic.net!chi-news.cic.net!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!nntp04.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!newsserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de!zxmgv07 From: zxmgv07@hp12.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Will) 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: 1 Sep 1996 01:18:15 GMT Organization: InterNetNews at ZDV Uni-Tuebingen Lines: 30 Message-ID: <slrn52hloa.9sl.zxmgv07@hp12.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <3222A2C3.7833@bayarea.net> <4vutku$165@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <505p03$qmt@pell.pell.chi.il.us> <5071sh$nne@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> Reply-To: Michael.Will@student.uni-tuebingen.de NNTP-Posting-Host: @hp12.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:21291 comp.os.linux.development.system:30819 comp.os.linux.x:39539 comp.os.linux.hardware:49004 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1084 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4750 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4507 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26420 In article <5071sh$nne@solaria.cc.gatech.edu>, Byron A Jeff wrote: >- http://www.matrox.com/ > >OK. I see the Developer Support section. > >I also read in this thread that once one was registered, that the information >that was actually available behind the login consisted of information one >could get from the box. I believe the accusation was something along the lines >of getting free market survey with very little in return. Unfortunately you did not read all of the thread the very same person stated he was too fast in this assumption, he received a several hundred pages document with more information than you could ask for. >BTW my pet peeve is hardware manufacturers not releasing information about >their products. So it's nothing personal against Matrox. I have the same >disdain for Visoneer in particular because I'd really like to be able to >user their portable scanner products.... Yes, it is a good idea to show them you only buy without NDA. I did that with Matrox and I would have done that with Diamond when had not already changed their policy long ago. These companies really damage their name - even today I read some misinformation about "diamond not giving away information" which has changed years ago... >All I've heard so far is one disappointing report. Not ready for Code time... I registered yesterday, and they have a notice on their page about two weeks delay to be expected. As soon as there arrives information, I will start coding. Cheers, Michael Will