Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 14:58:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: richmond@cronus.oanet.com (Raymond Richmond), nate@mt.sri.com, sos@freebsd.org, durham@phaeton.artisoft.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Specs on a Hitachi CM2085me monitor anybody ?? Message-ID: <199608312058.OAA17985@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199608312013.NAA00393@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960831135623.18083A-100000@cronus.oanet.com> <199608312013.NAA00393@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> > I heartily agree, being an EE I have on many situations shown CS people > > many a thing about coding and development. In fact my scholastic career > > included more software and development courses than a mainstream CS, plus > > hardware. > > 10:1 the people you showed (assuming "showed" means that they benefitted > from the experience and changed their evil ways) were not video board > BIOS programmers. I doubt you can 'blame' the coders. 99% of the video cards sold have been for platforms running M$ OS's, so therefore why spend the time necessary to have a 'generic' solution when one isn't necessary. Obviously the non-M$ OS's have gotten by with the minimal coding required, so any more time spent doing extra is wasted effort. As you are well aware, getting a product to market quickly is critical in the world of video cards, so the less time spent coding a driver the quicker you can make your bucks before the next generation of chipsets makes the card obsolete. Nate
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