From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jul 26 15: 0:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mike.dhis.org (hiper1-d164.stk.cwnet.com [209.142.56.164]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDAF537C03B for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:00:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mmuir@es.co.nz) Received: from es.co.nz (ogre.lan [192.168.100.1]) by mike.dhis.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE17AD7; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 14:59:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <397F5F46.C54E2E6A@es.co.nz> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 14:59:34 -0700 From: Mike Muir Reply-To: mmuir@es.co.nz X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.1-RC i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: agp and 3dfx References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote: > > Hello, > > We will need more than the basic X-server to use any new graphics board, as > their main selling point is 3D, and the basic drivers of X are way behind. > > The main issue is in establishing FreeBSD as a "credible" platform > (how many users of FreeBSD want to pay for a 3D-optimized A|W application ?) Quite the opposite -- it won't be users of FreeBSD who will be buying a $50,000+ software package -- It is those Animators whom should choose to use FreeBSD! Talk about free publicity.. what happens when another documentary (and there is always another documentary) runs on those animation houses who made the entreprenuereal leap of faith to use their tools under FreeBSD?? WOW.. think of 'how the matrix was made' news on a bigger scale.. -mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message