Hello Silviu,
Monday, May 28, 2001, 3:06:06 AM, you wrote:
SMC> 1. release the OpenGL driver in source form, so it can be incorporated
SMC> into XFree86 and into the linux kernel.
SMC> 2. until they do so, I'll avoid purchasing anything that says nvidia for
SMC> my company (I have purchasing decision). Maybe this will hurt them
SMC> enough to at least consider Open Sourcing the driver.
SMC> Also, something I looked up just now,
SMC> ATI Tech (nvidia's main competitor) is doing the Right Thing (TM),
SMC> helping the community in developing Open Source drivers for their
SMC> products (Radeon).
SMC> What do you think?
Well if you want my personal opinion,
1) having good closed-source binary drivers ( NVIDIA ) is better than
having bad open-source ones or not having drivers at all ( ATI ). Last
time I wanted to install XFree with ATI video card, I had to download
and build XFree86 CVS because the card was not supported by 4.0.3, and
still XFree crash periodically on that machine.
2) I haven't ever seen any bad video cards from NVIDIA or any good cards
from ATI. It is especially noticeable when it comes to running OpenGL
apps ( such as Counter-Strike ).
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Best regards,
Eugene
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