> So it would seem: > http://lwn.net/Articles/248227/ > > If they actually follow through on this, I'd buy a > new ATi card in a heartbeat.
Why? Nvidia has great support for Solaris. They've done everything *just right*, including packaging. I checked their stuff and they really *paid attention to detail*. You just stick and Nvidia card into a system, load Solaris and off you go. ATI on the other hand has had crap. Superblitz graphics accelerators which had crap for drivers, so much so even Windows users complained how crappy it was. And, what gets me the most: ATI wouldn't be opening up the specs to their accelerators (as if they were something ultra special!), if they haven't been bought out by AMD and given an order to do so. ATI is a crappy company with a crappy attitude. Boycotting ATI products and 3rd party products with ATI hardware inside them seems much cheaper and productive than waiting for them to put out "a skeleton 2D driver" out of the goodness of their hearts. For as much money as they've made out of consumers, they should have had a fully integrated Solaris driver with all the bells and whistles by now. Just like NVidia. If you think my attitude towards ATI is totally unjustified, how about this little piece of trivia: quite a bit of Sun SPARC workstation hardware has ATI ChipSet(s) in them, including at least several Sun graphics accelerators. Thos buggers have had the expertise and resources to support Solaris for years now, yet they haven't lifted a finger. Shame on you ATI!!! This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
