[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> "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,
^^^^^^^
sorry, i just wake up and am a little tired :-)
really need more cafeine.
s/against//
> 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.
>
> [...]
>
> --
> -- 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.
>
--
-- 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.
