On 3/22/06, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Well, DUH!
>
> I didn't realize that there were any Intel or VIA based graphics boards.
>   If there were, we wouldn't need to compete against them since they
> provide documentation of their products.

Well not really. The docs they released are not enough.

> But, yes, IIUC we do expect to compete against NVidia and ATI.  I don't
> know how high end we intend our first product to be, but I presume that
> it will be competitive unless NVidia or ATI respond by releasing all of
> their documentation to the public. :-)
>

You actually believe they will release all documentation for IP they do not own?

This will never happen. I dont think ATI and NVidia is interested in
bigger investment in linux. Its just not a big enough market for them.
The law guarantees that they cannot go into the open source market in
a big way.

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