Ive wrote:
> Final final note: back in 1992 (IIRC) I was working with some SGI
> graphic workstations. There was no need to even think about
> gamma correction because the operating system (together with
> graphics card and monitor) did all the gamma stuff properly by
> itself.
> Sometimes I'm really wondering about the technical progress within
> the IT industry.

Yes, it's the triumph of low-cost commodity hardware designed to be as 
cheap as possible, over high-end workstations held to high standards of 
performance.

Basically, it's the same reason that Walmart is successful.  People 
would rather have cheap trash than valuable quality :(

...Chambers

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