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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: 10 Apr 1996 06:26:42 GMT
Organization: Artisoft, Inc.
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Message-ID: <4kfkb2$dgs@coyote.Artisoft.COM>
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stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans) wrote:
] >Running binaries under IBCS2 emulation instead of running them
] >native means no support from the software vendors when the
] >programs fail to run under Linux.
]
] MOST are NATIVE aps!
No. Most UNIX apps which exist are IBCS2.
SunOS 4.x is second, followed by the other non-Intel vendors.
] >That's why Matorx doesn't think Linux (or BSD) is enough of a
] >market to care to change their policy (a policy which does not,
] >as they purported in David's quotation of them, protect their IP).
]
] This is NOT about Linux!
Check your newsgroups lines.
XFree86 is primarily for the benefit of the free Intel UNIX
clones. Commercial Intel UNIX comes with an X Server, usually
OEM, and XFree86 is limited to Intel.
This is all about nothing but Millenium support for Linux and BSD.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.