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Re: [SLE] 9.0 and nVidia
- From: Fred Miller <fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 00:33:26 -0500
- Message-id: <200311010033.26608.fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Friday 31 October 2003 11:10 pm, you wrote:
> * Fred A. Miller (fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) [031031 19:41]:
[snip]
> >Does that mean they aren't going to in the future?
>
> Since the 8xxx series they haven't released specs to anyone really. They
> started putting out binary only drivers because nVidia was selling a lot
> of cards to the Linux crowd and no one seemed to really complain about
> the binary only drivers. So ATI figure why not..let's do it as well. I
> don't think either will give out specs to have good 3D drivers written.
> It's sad really..all that free labor both companies would get.
Quite! Well, one must wonder if MickySoft has a hand in it as well. I guess
we'll have to wait a tad longer till Linux has a larger presence on the
desktop and it can't be ignored by these meatheads any longer.
Fred
--
"...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and
the Ugly)."
> * Fred A. Miller (fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) [031031 19:41]:
[snip]
> >Does that mean they aren't going to in the future?
>
> Since the 8xxx series they haven't released specs to anyone really. They
> started putting out binary only drivers because nVidia was selling a lot
> of cards to the Linux crowd and no one seemed to really complain about
> the binary only drivers. So ATI figure why not..let's do it as well. I
> don't think either will give out specs to have good 3D drivers written.
> It's sad really..all that free labor both companies would get.
Quite! Well, one must wonder if MickySoft has a hand in it as well. I guess
we'll have to wait a tad longer till Linux has a larger presence on the
desktop and it can't be ignored by these meatheads any longer.
Fred
--
"...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and
the Ugly)."
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