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From: Subhas Roy <subhas@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 10:23:49 -0400
Organization: Concentric Internet Services
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I think the real reason for Matrox not helping XFree86.org
	is probably this:

	Matrox sold the specs of their cards to Xinside and MetroX.
	Now, if Matrox gives the specs to Xfree for free, Xinside
	or Metro might sue them. Matrox is afraid of that.

	This is a completely no-win situation for Matrox. They
	are losing potential buyers because their cards can't be
	supported by Xfree86. I bought STB Trio64V+ card instead
	of Matrox MGA due to this reason.  However, xinside etc 
	of course don't mind that Matrox customers can't use
	Xfree86.

	
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Subhas Roy    subhas@pobox.com