Mike, it isn't sad. It is just the way it is. People sell hardware because they want to make a profit, not because they want to "support" people who probably aren't going to buy anything. Now, I'd like to see more vendors release binary drivers for Linux. Presumably Nvidia considers their Linux drivers as a way to generate hardware sales to Linux users. I don't doubt, though, that as soon as they decide the costs of developing and maintaining those drivers exceeds card sales to Linux users, they'll pull the plug. On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:50:59 -0800, Mike Ramirez <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 11:43, Bill Gradwohl wrote: > > > > > > > > > While on this topic, the same approach should be applied to laptop > > makers, wireless card makers, and other hardware purveyors to get them > > to recognize that the world isn't just Windows. If Fedora, Suse, etc got > > together to issue a press release aimed at trying to get the > > manufactureres to pay attention, if nothing else the marketplace would > > be put on notice to shun certain vendors products due to poor support, > > and help the end users who many times realize they have a problem AFTER > > they've innocently purchased a problematic product. > > > I hope this isn't the answer but I asked my ISP why they don't support > linux, they eloquently put: "Because its Free" > > If don't dollars it don't make sense to most hardware developers I > believe. Sad huh? > > -- > Mike Ramirez <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > >
