Re: Opinion: NVIDIA drivers are a BAD Thing [tm]

From: Alan (alan_at_clueserver.org)
Date: 05/20/04

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Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 22:55:15 -0700

    On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 09:10, Jonathan Gardner wrote:
    > On Tuesday 18 May 2004 12:05 pm, alan wrote:
    > > Until a vendor that makes a fast 3d video card decides to open source
    > > drivers, we are pretty much stuck with the situation. (Unless someone
    > > wants to reverse engineer the chipset.)
    > >
    > > I don't see it happening soon.
    > >
    >
    > Apparently you've never heard of ATI. Their Linux drivers are all open
    > source and it appears that they are actively cooperating with the community
    > and trying to push X and Linux integration forward. While they aren't
    > disclosing trade secrets they aren't at liberty to disclose, they are
    > giving enough information legally that the developers can figure out those
    > secrets or develop their own solutions.
    >
    > I have been using ATI cards for several years, and as long as I use older
    > hardware (7000 series nowadays), Linux works fabulously with them, even 3D
    > acceleration. Today, you can buy ATI cards for cheap from Taiwanese and
    > Chinese manufacturers. I think they pay ATI for the right to either make
    > the chip themselves or to sell the card with their chipset on it. They sell
    > well because frankly they are more than sufficient for business machines
    > and my home linux network.

    I was under the assumption that their hardware accelerated drivers were
    closed source.

    I guess I will have to look at their cards again. 

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