Mike Leone wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mario Michael da Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:38 AM > Subject: Re: [expert] Re: [MPlayer-users] NVidia will be bannished > > > Mike Leone wrote: > > > > > I'm a hostage of no one; if I don't like their cards, I'll throw it away and buy >another. If I wish to use their cards, and their software (closed or not), that's my >choice. And no one - nVidia nor GNU - should try and force me into doing what I chose >not to do. > > > > > hmmm, if you buy a card, then you are primarily investing in the > > hardware. You do (should) have a right to be able to make it work in > > the OS of your choice. If NVIDIA or whoever tells you that you should > > only use windblows for getting the best out of their cards, then > > But they don't. They tell me I should use their drivers, for best effect. They don't >tell me which OS to use. Unlike, say, Apple, or the companies that make "Win"-only >hardware (winmodems, winprinters, etc). nVidia provides drivers for multiple OSes, so >I have a choice of OS to use their product in. > > > something is fundamentally wrong. And while they do provide the > > drivers albeit in closed source form, there is nothing that will stop > > them from discontinuing their support for linux leaving all the linux > > users of their cards in the lurch. > > That's why life is risky. :-) > > If they do that, and I decide I don't like it, I get a new card, and chalk the cost >up to the price of MY CHOICE in dealing with them. That's a risk you take - that the >company continues to support their stuff (*any company, and *any* product) for the >amount of time you will be using thier product. You may be able to get other support, >in some cases (local consultants, open source community), but there's never a >GUARANTEE that the product will be supported by someone until the end of time. > > If I don't mind their discontinuing, or don't care, I continue on as before. > > > while the original mail in this thread was a more of a rant than an > > objective view, NVIDIA must be made to realize that a lot of their > > "Must"? "Should", you mean. You have no right to force the company to do what they >(apparently) don't wish to do, as long as what they do is not illegal or harmful. If >you don't like the company practices, don't use their products. > > nVidia is not a monopoly; they are many, just as good and just as effective, choices >for other video cards. >
Yes i guess "should" would have been a better word. that is at least what i intended to say. Thanks for the correction Mike, and sorry for my poor choice of words. Thank You, Regards, mario
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