"Craig Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think this kinda misses a crucial point.
>
> You cannot buy a non-nVidia *driver*. There is no competitor...
>
> I guess the best realistic option (for the users) is if MandrakeSoft could
> talk to nVidia about limited developer rights to the source code. Hell, you
> guys are already recompiling the software - and I'm usually happy if there's
> someone I trust out there with the source code. nVidia are a just a *little*
> lapse with their development cycle, so they are not in the good books.
No.
This is strongly against the linux philosophy,
binary driver are against windows philosophy,
and you can be sure that if everybody start to code binary driver,
the linux stability you know will never be there anymore.
You buy hardware and you have the right to know how it work
(ie: to have the spec), because :
1 - you want to use it.
2 - you get what you paid for.
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-- Yoann http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~yoann/
It is well known that M$ product don't make a free() after a malloc(),
the unix community wish them good luck for their future developement.
