Danial Thom wrote: > > --- Simon 'corecode' Schubert > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> David wrote: >>> So. What are those of us with Nvidia cards to >> do?...
> I wonder if the open source weenies will ever > figure it out? > They made a business decision that they have more > to lose by opening their interface to cloners > then they have to gain by releasing source and > interface specs. Its not really that complicated. That seems a realistic assessment to me. However: what happens when hardware manufactures like Nvidia are no longer subsidized by monopolists like MicroSoft? (No, not this year, or even next year ;o) Operating systems *will* become commodities in the fairly near future, just like memory chips, disk drives, and even CPU's. So -- what will fuel the bottom line for companies like NVidia when they are forced to publish their hardware spec-sheets to the open-source folks? Hmm. Not that I care, but it seems to me that the purveyors of 'content' (like videogame companies) may need to subsidize hardware companies like NVidia just so they can stay in the 'content' business. Television sets are now commodities -- subsidized by purveyors of <gag> 'content' like major networks. What a sad commentary on human affairs... Follow the money!
