On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 13:05, dalen wrote: > Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 19:28 -0500, dalen wrote: > > > >>When Rui suggests something constructive such as a method to play > >>TuxRacer without proprietary drivers, I may consider listening. Until > >>then, rui_zealotry.pl is simply troll noise on this list. > > > > > > I did suggest something constructive: > > > > a) To use your power as a costumer to create demand for Free Software > > drivers. How do I do that? > > b) change your graphics card > > > > Using the proprietary driver, which even artificially restricts the way > > you use your graphics card with MACROVISION, you will never have Free > > Software drivers, and you will be under the control imposed by NVIDIA. > > > > You're calling me a zealot, but in fact the zealot is you. You are the > > one who's blindly idolatring a company that wants to control what you do > > with your computer. How is Nvidia controlling what I do with my computer? Don't compare Microsoft position with nVidia position, please. nVidia could be gone in a matter of months if they sleep for too long on their success. Let say they f*** up big time one generation of GPU and most sells will swing into ATI camp (or any other contenders to the top spots). If nVidia were to do something silly I could swap the card in a matter of minutes. I'm using open formats for my documents. I setup my computers in such a way that as long as I have my data backed up on a CD-R or DVD-R I'm safe. Neither nVidia nor Microsoft controls what I do with my computers. The key word is "dependence". > > Rui > > > What would be your choice for suggestion b? I would also be interested by an answer to b) -- Frederic Soulier <frederic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
