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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sgi.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!minnow.render.com!news From: Doug Rabson <dfr@minnow.render.com> 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,misc.consumers Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 09 Aug 1996 14:57:46 +0100 Organization: RenderMorphics Ltd. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <seu3ucwtgl.fsf@minnow.render.com> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <stephenkDvp30A.366@netcom.com> <4u7hv4$jcd@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <slrn50epup.vrk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> <4u9oeg$91j@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> <32093E50.39EB@aloha.net> <slrn50ipqh.a9.cbbrowne@dantzig.brownes.org> <32097C81.167EB0E7@star-gate.com> <3209F875.3652CCE1@pobox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: minnow.render.com X-NNTP-Posting-Host: render.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:20121 comp.os.linux.development.system:29486 comp.os.linux.x:37657 comp.os.linux.hardware:47059 comp.os.linux.setup:67964 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1010 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4559 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4320 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25223 misc.consumers:94013 Subhas Roy <subhas@pobox.com> writes: > > 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. I very much doubt that Matrox sold the specs of their cards to anyone. I have the specs to several of their cards and we never payed them a penny (even when we were not part of Microsoft). All we had to do was sign the NDA. -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 734 3761 These are not the opinions of Microsoft. FAX: +44 171 734 6426