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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 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!mcsun!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!dcs.ed.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: tst@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Tristan Tarrant) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: XFree86 Matrox Millenium News X-Nntp-Posting-Host: switha.dcs.ed.ac.uk Message-ID: <DxAx0C.145.0.staffin.dcs.ed.ac.uk@dcs.ed.ac.uk> 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 Sender: cnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk (UseNet News Admin) Organization: Department of Computer Science, Edinburgh University X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950515BETA PL0] References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <503p2a$9v@anorak.coverform.lan> <322AC1C6.2402@mail2.svhm.org.au> <50f3fc$1id@knot.queensu.ca> <50i584$let@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 08:02:34 GMT Lines: 20 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:21512 comp.os.linux.development.system:31210 comp.os.linux.x:39989 comp.os.linux.hardware:49477 comp.os.linux.setup:71927 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1100 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4788 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4557 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26706 Geordan Rosario (geordan@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU) wrote: : In article <50f3fc$1id@knot.queensu.ca>, : Frampton Steve R <3srf@qlink.queensu.ca> wrote: : >Andrew Vanderstock (vanderaj@mail2.svhm.org.au) wrote: : > : >: 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. : > : >Another major victory for Linux. : : Oh, well. I guess all of us who use FreeBSD, SCO, NetBSD, BSDI, 386BSD, : etc. (I'm sure I'm missing a few) lose out, then... Yeah. Because you're not using Linux :-) Sorry, sorry, I just could not resist saying this... I apologise at the great temple of BSD. Tristan