On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> ATI Technologies Inc. has announced that it is fully supporting the
> development of drivers for the Linux Operating System and is endorsing
> the open source movement by releasing 2D, 3D and multimedia programming
> specifications for its industry-leading RAGE graphics technology.
> Recognizing
> the phenomenal growth and increasing popularity of Linux, ATI is
> committed
> to ensuring that the open source development community has access to
> technical development information on all its key components.
> For more info click on the following link,
> http://www.ati.com/ca_us/corporate/press/1999/4241.html
There aren't many things that really get my back up, but the quote given in
this press release does:
"I am happy to see the support from ATI for XFree86 and the Linux community"
ATI have (to the best of my knowledge) done *absolutely nothing* until now to
help the XFree86 project team with any kind of development support. Don't get me
wrong, I'm glad they've (apparently) changed their minds, but to try and give
the impression that they've been a "Linux-Friendly" corporation all along
really stinks.
I wonder if they'll be happy to put any newly-developed drivers out under the
GPL?
--
Phil Edwards
Technical Specialist
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