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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!piglet.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: victor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Vic Menayang) 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: ANNOUNCE: XFree86 Matrox Millenium News Date: 3 Sep 1996 23:04:25 -0500 Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 12 Message-ID: <50iv49$9o@piglet.cc.utexas.edu> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <502le0$lv8@nuke.csu.net> <503p2a$9v@anorak.coverform.lan> <322AC1C6.2402@mail2.svhm.org.au> Reply-To: victor@mail.utexas.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: piglet.cc.utexas.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:21360 comp.os.linux.development.system:30929 comp.os.linux.x:39684 comp.os.linux.hardware:49150 comp.os.linux.setup:71478 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1090 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4766 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4528 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26534 Andrew Vanderstock <vanderaj@mail2.svhm.org.au> wrote: : : :Matrox will be giving us the needed documentation and the ability :to publish the source code freely, so we will be joining the :XFree86 project. The sad thing is many won't see this message and the image of Matrox being hostile to the free unix community get stuck in their mind. Oh well, probably a good warning for interface manufacturers to handle the issue cautiously.