NVidia, Open Your Eyes (and Sources!) (was: Re: Nvidia + 2.4)
On Jan 14 2001, Kent Nyberg wrote:
> I have X working in 2.2.18, both 2d and GLX, but i guess we would
> have to wait for stupid NVidia to release some sort of a patch for
> it. The one that's out there is not an official patch.
All these difficulties wouldn't happen with an Open Source
friendly company. I was worried about this exact thing when I
bought my new computer and I choose a Matrox G400 for this
exact reason.
IMO, I'd buy an NVidia card. But since they don't care for
Open Source, they don't want me as a customer.
[]s, Roger...
P.S.: On the other hand, people could make an organized initiative to
promote a petition to make NVidia aware of the Open Source movement
and ask thm for open drivers.
Of course they are aware of Open Source, but a friendly reminder
together with signatures of lots of people (among which are potential
customers) is a great incentive for any company to change its mind.
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