NVidia really wants to give away thier driver. They just licensed some AGP
stuff from another Co. and CAN't release it. If they do they will lose
their right to use the way they do there AGP (and some other stuff). Plus
they can be sued by the companyfor violating a NDA. The driver they DID
release (remeber the crappy 3.3.x driver?) didn't have the AGP stuff and
it sucked ass.
It's not all there fault.
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Leon Brooks wrote:
> guran wrote:
> > I just wanted you to make, what I thought, a smart move, not to leave the gaming
> > industry loosing money on Linux.
>
> The smartest move would be to write a nice email to NVidia, setting out your
> reasons for wanting them to open-source their drivers. If you phrase it in terms
> of benefits to them, that is, "more exposure" rather than "easier for me to
> get", they are more likely to respond.
>
> Indeed, it wouldn't hurt if many of the people on this list did that. To truly
> rile up feelings of jealousy, point out how much trouble and pain manufacturers
> go to to get their drivers and services adopted by Microsoft, and that Linux is
> growing, Microsoft is shrinking, where do you want to be two years from now?
>
> It will do you, me, the world more good if NVidia open-sources than if Mandrake
> ships a closed driver.
>
>
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