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From: thorpej@baygate.bayarea.net (Jason R. Thorpe)
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: 2 Sep 1996 21:03:41 GMT
Organization: George's NetBSD answer man
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In article <50f3fc$1id@knot.queensu.ca>,
Frampton Steve R <3srf@qlink.queensu.ca> wrote:

>Fantastic news!  This is totally unexpected.  Folks, if you decide to
>reward Matrox with a purchase, make sure you somehow let them know if
>their change of heart affected your decision!

A good idea ... lots of "grass roots" efforts consider it important to
let the "establishment" know why a purchase was made in these sorts
of situations... Examples are far from the topics of these newsgroups,
though :-)

>Another major victory for Linux.

Err, actually, a major victory for the XFree86 effort and free OSs everywhere.

-- 

	Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@bayarea.net>