From: books@fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu (Roger Books) Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products Date: 29 Sep 1992 15:26:58 GMT
In article <BvB2BC.C34@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
>In article <1992Sep25.075815.10416@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> mouse@thunder.
mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) writes:>>In article <Bv034L.DEJ@usenet.ucs.
indiana.edu>, ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:>
>>>> Complete schematics, parts list, how to obtain it, complete doc. on
>>>> how to build it, everything available on public domain.
>
>>> Why bother, when you can buy a very good card for under $200?
>
>>Why? To quote the posting you replied to, complete schematics, parts
>>list, how to obtain it, [...], everything available on public domain.
>
>>Of course, perhaps your "very good card for under $200" *has* all of
>>that. If so, please tell me where to get it! Tell the whole net
>>where, for that matter - the Diamond flap has demonstrated the
>>existence of plenty of people who'd love to find such a thing.
>
>You seem to be arguing that simply because all this stuff is
>in the public domain it immediately makes the card
>
>1) Good. Fast.
>2) Reliable.
>3) Widely used.
>4) Free.
>
>In other words better than the $200 commercial item. Or at
>least you'd need to argue that having everything in public
>domain makes everything else a worthwhile sacrifice..
>
If you've been following this discussion you'd see that all the design
proposals do things you can't do with the current video cards. If you
want to do VR, drive multiple monitors (2+) or an array[] of other things.
All these make it a worthwhile project.
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