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From: vern@zebra.alphacdc.com (Vern Hoxie)
Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
Message-ID: <Dox50I.o5K@zebra.alphacdc.com>
Organization: Denver, Colo.
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 09:00:17 GMT
References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j6msk$ho@darkstar.my.lan>
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In article <4j6msk$ho@darkstar.my.lan>,
Alexander Sanda <alex@darkstar.ping.at> wrote:
>In article <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu>
>Peter F. McDermott (pmcdermo@cs.utexas.edu) wrote:
>
>> Some companies just don't get it. Valdimir Vukicevic on the XFree86-3D list
>> requested information on Matrox's card (first message) and received the
>> second message as a reply. Unless Matrox changes their mind on release of
>> information, I suggest no one interested in running a free Unix system
>> buy their products.
>
>I can understand this behavior. Matrox has developed one of the most
>sophisticated graphics board for the PC. The Millenium seems to be the
>fastest card available today. They want their technology not to be
>stolen by competitors - I think, it's not so hard to understand.
Is it that they don't want their technology stolen by competitor's or is it
that they don't want the competitors to learn which of their innovations
Matrox stole from them.
There are easier ways to steal technology than to steal it by reverse
engineering. Just hire the people who developed it in the first place.
This cop out is just a way to pacify the people who bought their equipment
while they continue to bleed them for more software to do what the machine
was supposed to do in the first place.
vern
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