On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 02:24:34PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Don, 2002-11-21 at 16:33, Alexander Stohr wrote: > > Let me express that i do _not_ object to any of the DRI-Devel works. > > DRI did great job and it resolves for situations where ATI > > cant provide solutions as of today and possibly long term. > > Just saying embedded Radeon chipsets, ATI chipsets on BSD, > > old ATI chipsets prior to the R200 and further any sort of > > experimental and custom extensions to the DRI open source > > drivers. > > Great to know the niche we have...
:-) This announcement is good news for the existing/potential linux and ATI users. They have more choice and this means that ATI values the linux users. Nevertheless this news hardly excites _me_, either as an user or as a developer - I just value too much the availability of the source for that. There is no way to tell if tomorrow ATI [or any other proprietary solution provider] will be here to provide support for the drivers once they no longer justify the time investment, or if they'll open up the source by then. I already had my [unrelated] bad experiences with proprietary solutions and that's a path that I do my best to avoid, spite often having to choose to less featureful solutions. This is my stance - I don't expect that everybody shares it nor do I judge those who don't - but I know that many do. I would praise if ATI released the sources on a license that allowed modifications. It would be just perfect if graphics vendors worked in direct collaboration with the open-source community instead of doing their own thing - as is done with many other hardware equipment. A good binary can last a year or so. A good hardware can last up to a life time. But the source? That's eternal. José Fonseca __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
