Vadim Plessky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> I really don't care what vendor it will be - but driver should work under
> XFree, with 3D acceleration. <pause>
>
> Just curious: Guran, have you got answer from NVidia concerning your letter
> about open-sourcing their driver? (it was on Oct.11th, so almost one month is
> over)
> As ATI and Nvidia have now around 70% of 3D market together, situation can
> become very dangerous if , for example, Nvidia "changes its mind" and stops
> offering driver for Linux.
This change of mind would not anything.
Currently, choosing to release their drivers as closed-source virtually
leads to not releasing the drivers at all.
We (MandrakeSoft) will NOT, NEVER, promote this kind of drivers and
install them with a Linux-Mandrake distribution.
One should not use closed-source drivers, even if it's more "convenient",
sorry.
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Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
