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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!giraf.zso.dec.com!lowe From: lowe@giraf.zso.dec.com (Bruce Lowe) 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 to not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 28 Aug 1996 22:11:04 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 10 Distribution: world Message-ID: <502g5o$is7@usenet.pa.dec.com> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <slrn50epup.vrk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> <4u9oeg$91j@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> <32093E50.39EB@aloha.net> <4ubhcp$859@Venus.mcs.com> Reply-To: lowe@giraf.zso.dec.com (Bruce Lowe) NNTP-Posting-Host: giraf.zso.dec.com X-Newsreader: mxrn 6.18-32 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:21144 comp.os.linux.development.system:30634 comp.os.linux.x:39209 comp.os.linux.hardware:48782 comp.os.linux.setup:70855 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1074 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4732 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4487 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26285 misc.consumers:95479 >> Yes, you could buy a commercial server, but the fact remains that when >> you buy a piece of hardware, you don't expect to have to shell out $100 >> just to use it! > Wow, has Linux been around so long that it has altered people's expectations > completely? Yeah, I know. Imagine - a commercial company working full time creating product, and they actually expect to make money. Perish the thought!