From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Shan" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: EVIL Matrox Graphics Inc , STEALS MGA Settings/VIRTUAL DESKTOP from Windows 98, 2000 etc Date: 2 Jan 2005 21:23:14 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1104729794.708056.154180@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> References: <1104728895.143031.21070@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104729844 10247 80.91.229.6 (3 Jan 2005 05:24:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 05:24:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 03 06:23:56 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ClKhA-0001n9-00 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 06:23:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ClKsI-0001cA-QM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:35:26 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video, comp.sys.intel, comp.lang.c++, gnu.emacs.help, soc.culture.canada Original-Lines: 54 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.200.192.66 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1104729805 17235 127.0.0.1 (3 Jan 2005 05:23:25 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 05:23:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: G2/0.2 Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=203.200.192.66; posting-account=ufbSLQ0AAADtN1M_HtOFFwJ_ZfdolEyS Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video:509550 comp.sys.intel:219129 comp.lang.c++:808550 gnu.emacs.help:127639 soc.culture.canada:424878 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:23106 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23106 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++