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From: bdwheele@indiana.edu (Brian Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: XFree86 Matrox Millenium News
Date: 4 Sep 1996 13:38:42 GMT
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
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In article <nyvVgYi@quack.kfu.com>,
nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) writes:
>victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Vic Menayang) writes:
>
>>The sad thing is many won't see this message and the image of Matrox
>>being hostile to the free unix community get stuck in their mind.
>>Oh well, probably a good warning for interface manufacturers to handle
>>the issue cautiously.
>
>Indeed. I was telling folks to avoid Diamond for a while after they
>started cooperating because I hadn't heard differently. Diamond
>is, of course, on the good list now. But I still buy #9s...
The Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 isn't supported though :( Nobody really
seems to care enough to make it a priority, which is really annoying!
Brian Wheeler
bdwheele@Indiana.edu