From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mxsmanic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: EVIL Matrox Graphics Inc , STEALS MGA Settings/VIRTUAL DESKTOP from Windows 98, 2000 etc Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 06:14:40 +0100 Organization: None Message-ID: References: <1104728895.143031.21070@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104729541 9768 80.91.229.6 (3 Jan 2005 05:19:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 05:19:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 03 06:18:53 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 1ClKcH-0001ZJ-00 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 06:18:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ClKnP-0000Pp-U7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:30:23 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:14:40 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video, comp.sys.intel, comp.lang.c++, gnu.emacs.help, soc.culture.canada X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 Original-Lines: 39 Original-X-Trace: sv3-EFh2vbtF4ll3mTgLAD/wX+5k/liEVZ3fSIQIOhDkO4bC9FIVPtdSksdazJD3Ss0AauANcdIWd6IhvEo!R+wEtcgD2E1di5cAIFQwbxtATNJMfHDKYNUNZhm8egjo/HYKYvIeX+WAwjr0bd3W8Q== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.22 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video:509549 comp.sys.intel:219128 comp.lang.c++:808549 gnu.emacs.help:127638 soc.culture.canada:424876 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:23105 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23105 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.