[Xorg] DRI merging

[Daniel Stone]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 11:44:06PM -0700, Jon Smirl wrote:
> --- Daniel Stone <daniel at freedesktop.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 10:42:58PM -0700, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > > X on GL won't ship anywhere for at least a year. It will probably be two
> > years
> > > before it is in wide spread use. You can get good 3D cards for $35 now, in
> > two
> > > years due to Longhorn all systems will be shipping with them. 
> > 
> > So? My sister still uses a P120, and is happy with it. Why should she be
> > forced to upgrade?
> 
> No one is going to force anyone to upgrade. Just continue using the software
> that you have installed right now. I've watched several people install Windows
> XP over Win95 and then complain about how slow their machine became.

Right; she still uses Win98.

As a distributor as well as an upstream hacker, this prospect makes me
deeply unhappy.

-- 
Daniel Stone                                            <daniel at freedesktop.org>
freedesktop.org: powering your desktop                http://www.freedesktop.org
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