> > Whilst I agree with you to an extent, nVidia is not an example that I > would want other manufacturers to follow - frankly, thay are shocking > and I will not buy their products. Their binary only drivers are a > royal, undocumented pita. Their half-ass efforts at appeasing Linux > users is pathetic. I've not had many issues with their drivers at all. I agree the docs are less than clear at times, though. Of course, I'm running older HW, a Geforce2 & a Geforce4Go. Their support is certainly way better then Dlink's support of my wireless DWL-520+ :)
I do agree that there is no need to have binary only drivers. These guys sell hardware, having the drivers open isn't going to change that. If they're worried about competitor reverse engineering, well that already happens - perhaps having driver code would make the REing easier, but still doesn't change much. Brad
