On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 21:17 +0000, Andy Green wrote: > Michael H. Warfield wrote: > > > Some (Japan?) only a couple of channels. I've seen frequency control > > cited more often than power limits as the reason. After all, you can > > tack on an amplifier, range extenders (repeaters) or high gain antenna's > > (for cards which accept external antenna) for more ERP (Effective > > Radiated Power). > > I had an interesting chat with Eric Blossom of the Gnu Radio project > over new year's. He had given an interesting talk about passive radar, > using FM radio stations as the illumination and trying to divine echos. > > He seemed to believe the story that there were regulatory issues with > Open wireless drivers, specifically the frequency control stuff, but he > had an interesting take on why the Graphics cards manufacturers insist > on closed drivers, which may be the same reason for the dismal situation > for manufacturer-created Open drivers. He had heard that it was because > the various graphics card manufacturers are infringing each others' > patents left and right, and if they put the source out there it will > invite horrible things to happen to them. > This is possible. This is where 3dfx lost to nVidia and went away. I am not sure how much credence I would give to that theory though. > -Andy > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
