Re: ATI/AMD's real stance on Open Source drivers; not what you've heard recently
Linux has room for both open source as well as proprietary.
Only if your really stupid, the only place for proprietary code in the end is custom specification work. it does no good to go all idealogical by attempting to exact a middle ground on a political agenda because my point is that the practical system of proprietary drivers doesn't work, it can deliver once, maybe twice. but your in for a sharp shock in the end because you've sold out your freedom to look after your own property to someone else on the nod that it is some how fair to occupy a middle ground between two ideologies you find extremist. In the end it doesn't matter, systems are systems and they don't care what you think. You'll come a cropper in the end.
If you want to talk about short sighted, think about what would happen if Nvidia compromises their secrets by opening their drivers. I rather have a high quality videocard with proprietary drivers like Nvidia does than a substandard videocard with open drivers like Intel does.
I'm thinking about it.... thinking about it... still thinking about it.... nope. can't see anything bad happening should allow the public to understand how they build their cards. if they want protection why don't they use patents and at least allow us to understand how they work? oh wait you can't patent protocols and that's all we want to have. I don't care for their drivers to be honest but I'd like a law requiring all hardware makers to make their protocols available to customers.
If ATI and Nvidia both feel that opening their drivers will compromise their secrets that are keeping them in business, then they have every right to keep their drivers closed (or the portion that they feel should remain closed) if they desire to.
Every right? I don't believe they do have every right. what about the rights of the customer to be able to maintain their legally paid for hardware?
However, what I do want is proper driver support, and I believe Nvidia has done a good job thus far.
As long as it's closed source I'll consider it second rate and potentially risky.
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