On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:28:04 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It is indeed about competition. Because of nVidia's not releasing open > source drivers, I'm that much less likely to buy or recommend their > products, because a product that has open source drivers is more valuable > to me than one that has none. A manufacturer that provides open source > drivers has a competitive advantage, to the extent that their customers > feel as I do. Should they be allowed to sell cards without open source > drivers? Probably. But would I say "there's no reason to buy anything > else"? Not a chance. You're free to make your own buying decision; what > you want from a video card is evidently different from what I want.
i see what you mean and i'd feel the same way in an ideal situation. unfortunately, i'm a software engineer and work in many different operating systems due to my line of work. here its either "it works" or "it doesn't", i dont really care what the license of the driver is, all it care is that it works 120%. nvidia is the only manufacturer that archived this superb level of "it works". Indeed their drivers just work... everywhere. Plus, they offer all the features no matter what system i'm using. idealy, their drivers should be open source and others would have benefited as well. Since nvidia doesn't want anyone else to benefit from their drivers (especialy the competition) then too bad for us and good for them. at least they are willing to spend money to make superb drivers for lots of operating systems and give them out for free. _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
