>> I'd be very surprised if 3DLabs had much desire to keep the drivers >> close sourced. They aren't making any more products and want to sell >> the inventory that they already have. If open sourcing would help them >> move that inventory, I think they'd do it in a heart beat without regard >> to whether it might give a competitor information about their >> implementation. (Mostly because, as I said, they're exiting the space, >> and don't really care what their former competitors do or don't do.)
The SPARC video device drivers can be closed source. Faster time to market and we don't have to deal with NDA. Nvidia does this today with their drivers, so seems easier to just get them for SPARC as well. Seems better if it gets done through closed source channels just to get the driver updates out there - and legal issues. I miss the 38-bit RGBA feature of the XVR-1000... ~ Ken Mays @ EarthLink, Inc. This message posted from opensolaris.org
