Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Mar 1998 02:17:04 +0100 (CET) | From | Marek Habersack <> | Subject | Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux |
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On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Christophe Dupre wrote:
> > > will be running Linux). I hope this world has enough common sense to > > > defend itself from the braindamage of Micro$oft... > > > > An Alpha? A _PCI_ Alpha? One which takes the same video cards as a PC? >
> May I point out that even tough both architecture share the same bus > architecture (PCI), I doubt that a graphic card designed for Win98 will work > on an Alpha. So there will always have sane PCI cards designed for alphas. Exactly my point!! The *Windows* accelerators implement the M$ GUI APIs in the hardware or require the winblows GUI software to run appropriately. Same applies to WinModems and perhaps other hardware. I doubt anyone except Micro$oft will implement their GUI API on their architectures.
l8r, marek --- If a guru falls in the forrest with no one to hear him, was he really a guru at all? Strange de Jim, "The Metasexuals"
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