Jordan Crouse wrote: > On 30/10/07 01:41 +0100, Peter Stuge wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 06:00:55PM -0600, Jordan Crouse wrote: >>> Morgan's team likely does not participate in the X11 work, and if >>> they did, the decision to release those drivers would be up to >>> management, and not to the poor engineers. >> But then they would know what the decision was, and they are in a >> unique position to find out if it can be made public in this forum. >> >> We will certainly respect "Sorry, I can't answer that" but asking >> can't hurt, can it? > > Speaking as an engineer that works for a company that has the same > exact problem (and speaking as an engineer that has been repeatedly > asked the same question), is yes.. it does hurt. Morgan gave us > everything he could. Why turn right around on the heels of the > submission and ask for more? Especially for a driver that has nothing > at all to do with this project? If nothing else, its horrible timing. > > Last time I checked AMD and SiS were still for-profit corporations. And at times even they leave money on the table since they don't always see the forest for the trees.
Why ask about accelerated 3D/X11/OpenGL drivers for the SiS761GX? Because it's the missing piece of a puzzle to unlock millions in sales. LinuxBIOS for some here is just a hobby. For others it is business. -Bari -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
