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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Belgium.EU.net!news From: Micha=?iso-8859-1?Q?=EB?=l Moerman <mike@irisoft.be> 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: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 12:35:15 +0200 Organization: IRISoft Research Lines: 29 Message-ID: <3180A6E2.10DF@irisoft.be> References: <31785BB6.99F81FD@lambert.org> <stephenkDq62u3.7En@netcom.com> <31796B47.5E7DCA65@lambert.org> <stephenkDq791n.KuA@netcom.com> <317ABAFF.5F0DAAAA@lambert.org> <slrn4nlfam.2lm.root@marsgrp.tamu.edu> <4lh1q9$kt@leasion.demon.co.uk> <4ljjfd$nn4@murrow.corp.sgi.com> <199604251631.RAA01572@kythera.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mike.irisoft.be Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0B2 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14933 comp.os.linux.development.system:22419 comp.os.linux.x:30269 comp.os.linux.hardware:37331 comp.os.linux.setup:52333 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:856 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3536 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3394 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18215 > So, now what ? To get anything like the nice screen shots in the mag > he needs to take his credit card shopping on the net and spend $50 - > $100 plus shipping (probably international) just to _evaluate_ Linux. > > [ Yes, he might download the XInside demo - to find it is client (and > time?) limited. This is fine _if_ you already know X and just want to > compare servers, it's useless if you want to "see what Linux can do".] > > More likely he'll head down to his local store and buy some nice new > Win95 software instead. > > I don't think this is good for (free) unix, and I also think it is > losing potential customers for XInside so I don't think that it is > good for them either. What I think on all this is that as soon as some other company like for instance Diamond or ATI develops a card that is better and for which the technical specs are available and which will be able to run with Linux or any other Win or whatever platform then Matrox will loose the market it has just acquired. Or maybe they'll get smart then and publish the specs. I think Matrox's policy is only good as long as it is the fastest Video card available which (history has shown) won't be true for much longer! ---------------------------------------------- Michael Moerman Email: mike@irisoft.be IRISOFT Research SA/NV Tel: +32 16 23 23 01 13 Stapelhuistraat Fax: +32 16 23 88 44 3000 Leuven Belgium http://www.irisoft.be