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  Re: Linux really costs a _lot_ more than $40  
From: Eero Ahonen
Date: 3 Nov 2008 15:00:21
Message: <490f5855$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Yep, pure business. I'm pretty sure if I was running a company like
>> Nvidia I'd work exactly the same. I might do some time-shifting for the
>> drivers, but releasing Vista-drivers for G400-aged card... No way.
> 
> I don't know how far back they really go, but I remember it was least a
> couple of generations. And, of course, it's a thing that's easy to point
> out, unlike (say) reliability. You just point to the web pages and say
> "See? We do that."
> 

Yep, Matrox has done that - and I'd probably do that, if I was running a
company like Matrox (traditionally quality and long lifetimes rather
than extreme speed). Above I ment that if I was running a company like
Nvidia, which wants to stay at the top of speed with its cards.

-Aero


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