From: Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger@t-online.de>
  To  : GGI-Mailing-Liste <ggi-develop@eskimo.com>
  Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:19:06 +0200 (MEST)

Re: Matrox specifications

On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Christoph Egger wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Oh, by the way: I don't know, if this is fair, but:
> 
> I had registered me a time ago at Matrox. This time I was going to school.
> I had a own e-mail adress. Because of data-security reasons I had
> registered me under wrong names, wrong telefonnumber, wrong city, wrong...
> etc :-).
> Only the e-mail address I had from the school, was right. Since summer
> 1998 I have leaved the school, and with that the e-mail address doesn't
> exist anyway.
> 
> In other words: I am registered at Matrox with wrong names and even one 
> non-existance e-mail-address!!! :-)
> So theoretically I could public "my" login and "my" password! :-)
> Matrox can't detect me... :-)
> 
>
> Give me your opinion... :-))
>

David Fries wrote:
>
> Registered correctly or not, it would not be a very good idea from anywhere
> you look as far as I'm concerned.  If someone wants the docs, register with
> Matrox.  It doesn't take very long.  I had access within a week and they
> were listing in the letter they were sorry it took so long.  I don't know
> anyone that has been turned away.
>
> It seems to me all they are asking is to know who is getting the docs and
> for them to not distribute them.  If they see a lot of people putting down,
> working on Linux XXXXX driver, they might give more thought to Linux.
>
> There isn't any reason to go around behind thier backs to give out their
> docs when they already give them out and it isn't hard to get.
>
> I would ask you to re-concider your position and not give out or make the
> docs available, just put up a web page and say if you want the docs, this
> is what you do to get them, 1) register, 2) wait a couple days, 3)
> download.
>
> Why not show some respect and honor the agreement you signed up for?
> Matrox is doing everyone a favor by making the docs easily available, why
> spoil it?
>

Jon M. Taylor wrote:

>         I wouldn't push it if I were you.  Just mail the specs to people
> 'under the table'.  No need to anger Matrox when they are currently the
> best company to release specs....


The time ago I am registered me at Matrox - it was about 2 years ago - I
was not sure, what Matrox does with personally data. So I had decided to
give wrong data's.
But now, there isn't any reason to push Matrox. So I
think, it's a bad thought by me, to public my login and password.


Christoph Egger
E-Mail: Christoph_Egger@t-online.de