Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Mar 1998 03:23:14 +0100 (CET) | From | Marek Habersack <> | Subject | Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux |
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On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > > cheap 3rd party hardware. Sun look like they're finally ditching SBus > > > (yay!) and have gone to PCI for the Ultra 5 and newer machines. > > > > Right. But even PCI video boards on the Ultra 5 must be supported through Open > > Firmware. And guess what, Open Firmware uses a graphical console, not text > > mode. > > Yep. If the M$ market moves to graphics-only video cards, Linux users > will be forced to do the same. People who say they won't buy "crappy > win98 hardware" are going to find their choices limited. Why do you think that M$ will ever dictate the trends? That will only happen if everybody says "OK, Billy - you lead, we'll follow". For the third time I repeat that by "winXX hardware" I don't mean those devices that have a "Windows XX Compatible" label, but those "Designed for Windows 98" - with windoze caps implemented in their circuits. You want a world like this? Then creation of any standard will fail if Micro$oft won't accept it. You won't be able to create software much better than windoze - since the HARDWARE will be using windows GUI/whatever code in its circuits you will HAVE to write Windows-compatible software as well, but what sense would it make?
later, marek --- "Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes." Friedrich Nietzsche
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