From: "Shan" <shan_rish@rediffmail.com>
Subject: Re: EVIL Matrox Graphics Inc , STEALS MGA Settings/VIRTUAL DESKTOP from Windows 98, 2000 etc
Date: 2 Jan 2005 21:23:14 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1104729794.708056.154180@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: oukht0dsun8qkfha6a63jvc8gcmtc7rkv5@4ax.com
Mxsmanic wrote:
> rogerclive@rock.com writes:
>
> > The main feature in the Matrox Inc Video cards was their desktop
...
>
> Actually the main feature of their cards is the hardware. The
desktop
> is a useless gadget, and I never even bother to install it.
>
> > Guess what this evil master-mind did ? In the software for Win 98,
Win
> > 2K and perhaps other versions, it downgraded its desktop in a
clearly
> > identifiable and treacherous way. It added a whole bunch of
> > non-sequitor bells and whistles and robbed its customers of the
> > jewel. The virtual desktop.
>
> Everything except the driver itself is _already_ a "bell and
whistle,"
> so why complain?
>
> The safe way to use video cards is to install nothing except the
correct
> driver. This is often true for most other types of hardware as well.
> Using proprietary software provided by a hardware company is an
> invitation to trouble, in part because it locks you into a specific
> environment and configuration, and in part because the software
provided
> by hardware companies is often very poorly written. It's a wonder if
> the drivers work, much less the rest.
>
> > It has created pollution worth $150 or so, more exactly
> > the cost/selling price of the card for every card that will be
thrown
> > away and destroyed because they stole away the main module and
compiled the
> > desktop software without it.
>
> Most people don't care about the extra gadgets and just buy the cards
> for the hardware.
>
> > Matrox must have sold atleast 200,000 such cards.
>
> And perhaps 20 customers actually use their gadget software with the
> cards.
>
> --
> Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me
directly.
Anyway this totally Off-topic on comp.lang.c++
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-03 5:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-03 5:08 EVIL Matrox Graphics Inc , STEALS MGA Settings/VIRTUAL DESKTOP from Windows 98, 2000 etc rogerclive
2005-01-03 5:14 ` Mxsmanic
2005-01-03 5:23 ` Shan [this message]
2005-01-03 6:33 ` J. Clarke
2005-01-03 16:22 ` daytripper
2005-01-03 20:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-01-04 0:38 ` Jonathan Mcdougall
2005-01-04 1:10 ` KevinM
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