> > > will be running Linux). I hope this world has enough common sense to
> > > defend itself from the braindamage of Micro$oft...
> >
> > An Alpha? A _PCI_ Alpha? One which takes the same video cards as a PC?
>
> May I point out that even tough both architecture share the same bus
> architecture (PCI), I doubt that a graphic card designed for Win98 will work
> on an Alpha. So there will always have sane PCI cards designed for alphas.
Exactly my point!! The *Windows* accelerators implement the M$ GUI APIs in the
hardware or require the winblows GUI software to run appropriately. Same
applies to WinModems and perhaps other hardware. I doubt anyone except
Micro$oft will implement their GUI API on their architectures.
l8r, marek
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