re diamond products boycot in article apr sol ctr columbia edu penev rockefeller edu penio penev writes on fri apr gmt markfried fellensiek ins j mdw cc monash edu au wrote if you re considering buying a system with a view to using it to run unix linux bsd etc or some other special software there is a good chance that it will not work with the diamond cards this is due to diamond s propriety attitude to it s hardware it s impossible to get free information from them about their chips specifically their dot clocks without paying and signing non disclosure agreements this made it impossible for the free software foundation to provide x windows compatibility with these cards as diamond didn t want to divulge programming neccessities i don t think the two main free x systems xs and xfree are part of the fsf as such considering the above and some postings about diamond s bad attitute towars customers i ordered and actixge vlb m card it will arive these days does anyone know of an e mail address for diamond to which penio could forward his purchase information penio penev x w internet penev venezia rockefeller edu disclaimer all oppinions are mine guy guy dawson hoskyns group plc guyd hoskyns co uk tel hoskyns uk guyd austin ibm com tel ibm austin usa
