On Thursday 02 September 2004 12:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ik wrote: > > >On Thursday 02 September 2004 10:58, Ben-Nes Michael wrote: > > > > > >> ATI Petition for Adequate Drivers in Linux > >> > >>http://www.petitiononline.com/atipet/petition.html > >> > >> > >> > >I'm using (now it's old) Radeon VE (uses 7000 cheaps) and it's not even listed in > >this petition.. > >But ATI drivers sucks big time, and the linux support for acceleration also not > >that good :( > >I prefer to reacive a community drivers, that way I know that if the qoulity I > >reacive sucks, it's the screen-adapter and not the driver ... > > > >Ido > > > > > So what is your point above? That this petition shouldn't be signed? > > I might be naive but I think if a few tens of thousands of people (over > 13,000 right > now) will show ATI that they are using Linux and are unhappy with their > support > and will take their business elsewere it might make a dent. > > I too would prefer to have open specs rather than close-sourced drivers > - but I signed > this petition. I think even better closed-sourced drivers (for those who > need them) are > an achievement - ATI will hear about Linux users, other hardware and > software vendors > will get a reminder of the number of people who use Linux on their > desktops, and it just > might convince ATI or others to open their specs (also remember - this > petition counts > ATI users alone). > > --Amos My point is very clear: Its a selfish petition and the motivation of it is selfish... a person who didn't had the driver and/or support he wanted and created this petition, but this petition does not help people like me that are now consider old customer of the same type of product. I do think that ATI knows that they have linux consumers, it's just their global attitude for their own product on any platform.
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