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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!purdue!haven.umd.edu!hecate.umd.edu!cville-srv.wam.umd.edu!fms From: fms@wam.umd.edu (Marat Fayzullin) 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: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium 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: 24 Mar 1996 14:41:35 GMT Organization: University of Maryland College Park Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4j3muv$34m@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rac6.wam.umd.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:13528 comp.os.linux.development.system:19831 comp.os.linux.x:27357 comp.os.linux.hardware:34055 comp.os.linux.setup:46707 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:262 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2728 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2514 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:15831 Peter F. McDermott (pmcdermo@cs.utexas.edu) wrote: : Unix/Linux drivers & support for all our boards are available from X-Inside : at 303-384-9999. We have a closed architecture chip set. We have the fastest : board on the market. The reason for this is our chip set. We did not create : our own chip set, in which we spent millions of dollars, so that our : competitors can steal our designs. We are not like Cirrus or Diamond that : uses a Generic S3 chip set which every one has the source code. The company : policy is that we can not give any information on our chip sets under a non : disclosure agreement. We have nothing to do with unix/linux. We do not : create the drivers, we do not support the drivers, most of us have never : even seen unix/linux let alone the drivers. If you have any problems with : the drivers, contact X-inside. They do the Drivers, Support. X-Inside can be : reached at 303-384-9999. Take the existing drivers. Disassemble. Take a look. If they do not care about you, why should you care about their stinking industrial secrets? Marat