| From: | Staf Verhaegen |
| Date: | 14 Sep 2000 at 08:22:42 |
| Subject: | Re: [Re: [Re: AMIOPEN: G450 released]] |
Gary Peake wrote:
>
> On 12 Sep 00 17:19:49 PDT, owner-open@amiga.com James Russell
> <amiga401@netscape.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >> > There are a list of reasons why we chose Matrox. It has been posted many
> >> > times here and elsewhere.
> >>
> >> The only one I remember is - they (Matrox) aproach the whole thingy from
> >the
> >> different point of view - such as you (Amiga) do. But I joined this list
> >> only a few weeks back ...
> >>
> >All you seem to have published publicly is at amiga.com's matrox
> >announcement: http://www.amiga.com/corporate/072400-matrox.shtml , which
> >doesn't say much, and I've heard here on this list (and I've been on since
> >the beginning) that "Matrox would allow us to do things other companies
> >wouldn't."
>
> 1. Matrox does not have the overheating problems many of the other cards do
> when under heavy, constant use.
>
> 2. Matrox understands what "video professional" means (our opinion) as well
> as what "gamer video" means (our opinion) and is going a different
> direction to achieve higher quality results.
>
> 3. Dual Head advantage comes in handy for video professionals and
> programmers.
>
> 4. Matrox understands "The Dream" we have and respects what we are trying
> to do.
>
> 5. Matrox is excited about working with us and we are excited about working
> with them.
>
> 6. Dave Haynie likes the Matrox G400 too. :)
>
7. The other major graphic cards vendors (although they have more cost
effective solution at the moment) were already in partnership with other
companies like Microsoft and Sony.
Staf.
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