From: Timothy Musson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux is freeI don't find it positive that more and more companies are jumping on the "Linux" bandwagon, by providing proprietary software and claiming to "support" me. I find it insulting and offensive.
If people just go along with this kind of thing, what was the point in the first place? We might as well give up and switch to Microsoft, Apple, etc., where everything's just peachy and the following things are a fact of life:
Linux is free
Lock-in, bugs you can't do anything about, misery, desolation, distrust, secret file formats, viruses, plagues, pimples and warts, hair-loss, data-loss, adware, famine, forced upgrades, lies and dishonesty, uncertainty, crashes, split-ends and hang-nails, spyware, death, restricted freedom, and dags.
There's nothing positive about it.
I don't remember paying for any closed source drivers I downloaded. However, I payed a lot of money for my video card, so I expect it to be supported on the operating systems I use. This is really the card/chip manufacturer's responsibility and I think both ATI and NVIDIA's commitment to linux drivers is definitely positive. - Considering they designed the thing they probably know how to write and fix the drivers the best.
As for drivers: hardware manufacturers making specifications available (i.e., to allow the development of free drivers), _that_ would be positive.
And did I mention you could download and use the drivers for free? ;)
I for one am not going to complain about free driver upgrades with improved support for my investment.
Cheers
Luuk
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