[LAU] New processor purchase, AMD

[Gabriel M. Beddingfield]

> On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 09:47:41PM +0100, rosea.grammostola wrote:
>> AMD seems to be more opensource friendly?

I disagree.  While AMD has a good track record with free 
software... so does Intel:

1. Nearly all of their wireless drivers are free,
    and have been for a long time.  (..with small
    arguments about the firmware...)  They are also
    developed in a fairly open manner.

2. Their graphics drivers are free, especially
    the newer ones... and they're developed in
    a fairly open manner.

3. Nearly all of their compilers and developer
    tools run on Linux.

4. They (along with Nokia) are bank-rolling the
    MeeGo project.  It is also being developed in
    an open manner with an emphasis on getting
    free code into upstream.

-gabriel