On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 16:37 -0700, Frank Tanner III wrote: > You have your beliefs and I have mine. And mine is > that people deserve to try to make a living off of > their code, hardware, service they provide. Do not invert roles here, mister. *You* said they have a right to make money, and *I* said they have a right to try to make money. > The *REASON* their driver is proprietary and has > "black box" components is SIMPLE. There are > proprietary pieces of code in the video card itself. > These drivers need to access these pieces of code. > The drivers would have enough information in them to > deduce exactly what the code in the card is doing. > So, in effect, they would be, in effect, "giving away" > their proprietaty card stored on the video card > itself. This is bullshit. The reason, stated so by NVIDIA a few times, seems to be related to software patents. > choice. Me? I will use their cards, and their > drivers, because I like their products. Do you like MACROVISION? I hope you do, because you get it, wether you like it or not. Rui
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