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- From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX))
- Subject: Re: ATI is making me mad
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.073836.22047@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu>
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- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Physical Science Lab
- References: <1992Dec9.025915.14990@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu> <LABACH.92Dec12220155@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca>,<92349.120353COP80196@UCF1VM.BITNET>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 07:38:36 GMT
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- In article <92349.120353COP80196@UCF1VM.BITNET>, Bill Laird <COP80196@UCF1VM.BITNET> writes:
- >In article <LABACH.92Dec12220155@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca>, labach@acs.ucalgary.ca
- >(Terence Michael Labach) says:
- >
- >>And don't bother writing to ATI either. At least not if you like
- >>companies you purchase goods from to reply to your concerns. ATI has
- >>nice hardware, but seems content to treat their customers like shit.
- >
- >That is unfortunate that they treat their customers so badly. In any event,
- >I think ATI's pathetic support for OS/2 2.0 and full blown support for
- >windoze M-T is really disgraceful. I don't see why they can't write drivers
- >for BOTH products. The two are very similar in design, and I'm sure what they
- >are learning from writing NT code can be applied to development of OS/2 drivers
- >
- What I can't understand is that Trident microsystems had drivers available the
- day OS/2 2.0 was released for general availability and now their new 32-bit
- drivers are considered HOT. I replaced my old Trident card for an ATI
- accelerator, but really wonder (no pun intended) if shouldn't have bought
- a newer Trident model...I think that ATI is a larger company with greater
- resources if I am not mistaken.
-
- >It comes down to a simple matter of economics. ATI must ask themselves if there
- >is a market for OS/2 users, and if it will somehow be profitable to them to
- >write drivers. Clearly, they think this is not so. Unfortunately, this seems
- >to be a prevalent attitude among software developers. You would be surprised,
- >however, at the power of the pen. (or the electronic pen too! ;)) Until
- >recently, I had thought that it wouldn't be necessary to get involved in this
- >grass roots movement to show these manufacturers that YES there is a large
- >number of OS/2 users out there, and YES it will be profitable for you to
- >write software for OS/2! I know I shouldn't have to do this, but for whatever
- >reason, this appears the way that it is going to be.
- >
- Yeah, who is going to wait 12 more months for NT to be released at a cost of
- $400-600 and 60-80 MB of HDD space? I guess a lot are. Sounds like a
- large gamble to me. I just hope the rumored new Orchid boards this spring
- are debugged and have full driver support. It will be a healthy addition.
-
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