28 Nov
2004
28 Nov
'04
3:37 p.m.
On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 18:12 +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote:
And who the heck cares, that you
cannot buy a single modern 3D-card anymore, which has open source
drivers, by any manufacturer?
Sure you can. The VIA unichrome cards have open 3D drivers. But, of
course, it's not the best 3D hardware on the market.
From the vendor's perspective if getting your
device supported under
linux means you _need_ to release an open source driver, you
will find
that the best hardware is disproportionately unsupported. Nvidia has a
lot more valuable IP at stake than VIA when they release an open source
driver for their 3D gear. If you don't understand why, I can't help
you.
Lee