[CrackMonkey] Req: svga video-driver for Packard Bell Model 850

[Paul J Collins]

>>>>> "Rick" == Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> writes:

    Rick> begin  Paul J Collins quotation:
    >> Both Mr. Perry and I were referring to the DOS application
    >> commonly referred to as ``Windows'', not to the X Window
    >> System.

    Rick> I've never heard of such a preposterous claim, and can only
    Rick> ascribe it to some sort of extravagant and unlikely hoax.

Read his message, and take off the Obtuse-O-Specs before you do so.

    Rick> Neither you nor Mr.  Perry would be so wasteful (or tacky)
    Rick> as to waste a perfectly good computer on such a thing.

A Packard Bell?  Perfectly good?  What planet have you been on?

    >> My use of the phrase ``using an X server as a Windows video
    >> driver'' makes it clear that I know that those two things are
    >> different and non-interchangeable.

    Rick> Well, am X server isn't a buggy whip, either.  But the
    Rick> latter is still obsolete.

The only reason X is still popular is because of the huge installed
base of clients and toolkits.  Hey, isn't that why people use Windows?

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