On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:54:52 +0100 Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you already had a driver in the Xorg tree and Fedora, there are no > technical reasons pushing you to change to the nVidia binary-only model: > it's more painful and less efficient for everybody, even nVidia. So > people are quite right to complain -- at nVidia. I just read a comment in the Slashdot article regarding this matter that Nvidia has claimed in the past that they will open-source their video driver when ATI open-sources theirs. Unfortunately, the poster didn't cite a source - at least not one that I have come across to date. It would be very nice and most fascinating if someone could come up with a reliable source for that statement. So, that leads to two interesting questions: Did Nvidia actually say that, and will Nvidia follow through on that commitment, if indeed they did make that statement? Our resident Nvidia shill, Lenny, should be in a good position to find out the facts in regard to this matter (whether they did in fact say that, and whether they will in fact do what they said they would do). Frankly, I'm quite interested in what happens. We live in interesting times, and all that. Therefore and accordingly: Hey Lenny: What's the situation? We already know what your word on here is worth (not much, unfortunately) but if you can point us to some reliable source material so we can verify what you say then your apparent access to Nvidia statements will serve a useful and informative purpose. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
