Re: [Dri-devel] Why no specs?

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On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 11:01:26PM -0700, Daryll Strauss wrote:
> You can argue most of these points both ways, but I've heard all of them
> in one form or another. In most cases it simply comes down to the fact
> that if it doesn't make them money they don't want to do it, and there's
> no way to make money from old hardware.
There is in one case that makes it interesting:
If the company sais that they are going to release the specs publicly
after some delay, say like 6 to 12 months, it would be a reason for me
to buy the card.
That is why I bought 3dfx, and if my machine was agp capable, I would
have upgraded to a voodoo5.
(BTW: anyone has some vsa-100 PCI cards for sale :) ).

In other words: if a company promises to release specs within a certain
amount of time, I can live with that, and buy the card.

That is the big reason that (new) nvidia cards won't enter my house :)
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