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From: Gary Britt 

That's true, but a market shift of sufficient size isn't likely to happen
inside of the next 3 years, and that's assuming a market shift will in fact
happen which is a really big IF.  I guess we are just screwed.

Gary

Geo. wrote:
> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> news:458d03fc{at}w3.nls.net...
>> So if one wants to move to Linux, how do you keep all this hardware
>> encryption and other bullshit from slowing down and destabilizing your
>> Linux platform?  Will you ever have a great video card with a pure DVI
>> out on the back of it?  Component video ?
>
> There is no law that dictates that the hardware has to implement any of
> this crap. Microsoft and the other software companies have to require it
> or the hardware folks don't do it. So if the market shifts to open
> source, the hardware will follow.
>
> Geo.

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