From: Mike McQuade <mmcquade@aa.net>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:43:55 -0800

Re: STB and S3 tech specs

Warning: the following is a rant.


You have to wonder about these hardware manufacturers,
they make their money off of hardware don't they ?


Why do some of them shoot themselves in the foot
by withholding technical information from the fastest
growing market in technology.

I suspect the lawyers are telling them "protect
your IP", what a crock, wake up people, your product
has such a short life span, it doesn't matter.

Like any one video chip company has market share,
or a serious lead in technology ?


Maybe they have yet to realize the 20+ million PC
market (expected to be 50+ Million by Jan 2000) that
they are missing ?

"IDC estimates there are up to 20 million Linux users. 
It expects the number to grow to 50 million by next January"

http://technology.news.com.au/techno/4224606.htm



Im not too happy about this disturbing S3 information,
right now I am designing a new system (OEM application)
that will need PanelLink and a TFT display. One
of the few cards Ive found that offer a solution has
an S3 ViRGE/MX LCD chip on it.


Sorry for the rant, does anyone know if this S3 Virge/MX
funcitons at all with GGI, or with the Vesa Frame Buffer ?


Or do I need to try and find another solution ?


Thanks


Mike

 


-----Original Message-----
From: Andrea Venturi <venturi@cineca.it>
To: ggi-develop@eskimo.com <ggi-develop@eskimo.com>
Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: STB and S3 tech specs


>Thad Phetteplace wrote:
>> 
>> OK, I've had zero response from both STB and S3 in requesting technical
>> information on their cards.  They both supply email addresses for
>> 'developer relations' on there web sites, but don't seem to have a
>> person reading the mail.  I'm digging out the letterhead and
>> resorting to snail mail.  Lets hope they don't require a NDA.
>> 
>

> they do require NDA