Mike Leone wrote: > I'm a hostage of no one; if I don't like their cards, I'll throw it away and buy >another. If I wish to use their cards, and their software (closed or not), that's my >choice. And no one - nVidia nor GNU - should try and force me into doing what I chose >not to do. > hmmm, if you buy a card, then you are primarily investing in the hardware. You do (should) have a right to be able to make it work in the OS of your choice. If NVIDIA or whoever tells you that you should only use windblows for getting the best out of their cards, then something is fundamentally wrong. And while they do provide the drivers albeit in closed source form, there is nothing that will stop them from discontinuing their support for linux leaving all the linux users of their cards in the lurch.
while the original mail in this thread was a more of a rant than an objective view, NVIDIA must be made to realize that a lot of their customers use linux, and if they do not wish to release open source drivers, they should remain committed to releasing the proper drivers for linux so that their linux customers can also enjoy the best that NVIDIA has to offer. as someone who works is a somewhat related field, it is widely known that hardware bugs are usually covered up through cleaver software drivers. I am not saying that NVIDIA products are defective, but their apparent bashfulness does leave one wondering why ???? esp. since releasing just a "programmers reference manual" should not compromise their trade secrets significantly. Thank You, Regards, mario
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