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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!lynx.aba.net.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!newshub.cts.com!news7.crl.com!nntp.crl.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news.acsu.buffalo.edu!news.drenet.dnd.ca!crc-news.doc.ca!nott!kone!news.ccs.queensu.ca!not-for-mail From: 3srf@qlink.queensu.ca (Frampton Steve R) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: XFree86 Matrox Millenium News Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 2 Sep 1996 16:54:04 GMT Organization: Queen's University, Kingston Lines: 20 Message-ID: <50f3fc$1id@knot.queensu.ca> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <slrn50epup.vrk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> <502le0$lv8@nuke.csu.net> <503p2a$9v@anorak.coverform.lan> <322AC1C6.2402@mail2.svhm.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: qlink.queensu.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:21380 comp.os.linux.development.system:30984 comp.os.linux.x:39754 comp.os.linux.hardware:49224 comp.os.linux.setup:71572 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1091 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4769 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4533 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26561 Andrew Vanderstock (vanderaj@mail2.svhm.org.au) wrote: : A team has been formed to write the Matrox driver. Thanks go to : <a href="mailto:andrew@harlequin.co.uk">Andrew Aitchison</a> for : getting this effort off the ground. : : Matrox will be giving us the needed documentation and the ability : to publish the source code freely, so we will be joining the : XFree86 project. Fantastic news! This is totally unexpected. Folks, if you decide to reward Matrox with a purchase, make sure you somehow let them know if their change of heart affected your decision! Another major victory for Linux. ---------------< LINUX: The choice of a GNU generation. >--------------- Steve Frampton http://qlink.queensu.ca/~3srf Work: <frampton@mail.flarc.edu.on.ca> School: <3srf@qlink.queensu.ca> --< NOTICE! I do not accept unsolicited commercial e-mail messages! >--