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From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1992 19:18:33 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Sep20.191833.10080@zeos.com>
Keywords: Diamond, free-software
References: <1992Sep20.000851.2641@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <1992Sep20.085358.25938@zeos.com> <1992Sep20.110805.12124@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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My overall point is that something needs to be done in the way of standards
or getting hardware manufacturers to cooperate with software developers to
support Unix Graphics Based Software. The developing of a standard for these
video card manufacturers to comply with would allow a simplication for 
development of video drivers for X or other Unix graphics based applications.
It would necessarily have to be VESA. It could be an Open Systems standard.


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