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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!dsinc!ub!ns1.potsdam.edu!news From: nelson@ns.crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) 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 Date: 05 Apr 1996 14:21:50 GMT Organization: Crynwr Software Lines: 21 Message-ID: <NELSON.96Apr5092150@ns.crynwr.com> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <3155FA66.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <4jasq0$phk@jaws.cs.hmc.edu> <oqwx3w7pr7.fsf@gallifrey.microunity.com> <4k0lh6$66s@hoopoe.psc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ns.crynwr.com In-reply-to: peterb@hoopoe.psc.edu's message of 4 Apr 1996 09:15:02 -0500 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14028 comp.os.linux.development.system:20528 comp.os.linux.x:28345 comp.os.linux.hardware:35220 comp.os.linux.setup:48669 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:416 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2948 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2715 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16514 In article <4k0lh6$66s@hoopoe.psc.edu> peterb@hoopoe.psc.edu (Peter Berger) writes: > In article <oqwx3w7pr7.fsf@gallifrey.microunity.com>, > Deborah Gronke Bennett <deborah@gallifrey.microunity.com> wrote: > >So if you're going to try to apply pressure to get Matrox to open up, > >don't forget to tell your PC vendor, whoever that is, that you're not > >interested in any PCs with Matrox cards in them for the reason that > >they're not supported in XFree86. > > As if they'll have any idea what you're talking about, or any interest > in finding out. Finding out why your customers buy or don't buy your products is just about the hardest problem for a business to solve. If they have no interest in finding out, they're not going to survive tough times. -- -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson Crynwr Software | Crynwr Software sells packet driver support | PGP ok 11 Grant St. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | If you would seek peace, Potsdam, NY 13676 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | first seek freedom