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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.misc:89579 comp.windows.x.i386unix:8244 comp.os.linux.misc:12052 comp.os.linux.help:27178 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2153 comp.os.386bsd.questions:9539 comp.sys.next.software:10402 comp.sys.next:17037 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news.kei.com!news.byu.edu!cwis.isu.edu!u.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: PCI bus cards (graphics and SCSI) which work? Date: 1 Apr 1994 23:55:54 GMT Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT Lines: 28 Message-ID: <2nicaa$rnh@u.cc.utah.edu> References: <2n0s6v$jil@u.cc.utah.edu> <1994Mar31.010859.1419@selway.umt.edu> <michaelv.765095065@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.weber.edu In article <michaelv.765095065@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: [ ... Regarding Diamond video boards ... ] >Not only that, but several of their competitors are able to build >boards just as fast or faster without any detailed knowledge of >Diamond products. I don't know what makes them think they're the only >company who can engineer a high performance video board. This strikes to the heart of the matter. All hardware companies in business believe their hardware is either better or cheaper (or both) than anything by any of the competitors. They will rationalize higher price based on better. The reason they think that is because they would have no reason to stay in business otherwise as anything other than a low cost commodity board manufacturer. This extends to software as well; there are actually people who work for MicroSoft who think DOS is good software. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.