On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 01:17 +1200, Nigel Jones wrote:
Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 11:19 +0200, Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
>
>> * Callum Lerwick [21/05/2008 11:03] :
>>
>>> I like how in these threads it keeps conveniently being ignored that we
work
>>> just fine out of the box on Nvidia. We just don't have 3D yet.
>>>
>> I've always being surprised at the amount of blame-shifting that occurs
>> in regards to Nvidia's drivers.
>>
>> - The free drivers suck. This apparently isn't NVidia's fault (which is
>> strange since they help maintain it) but the x.org developers'.
>>
>
> Say what? Are you kidding me?
> Ever tried to write/update/maintain a driver with no documentation?
> Most of the work on the nv driver is being done by nVidia personal
> mostly because they are the only ones that have any idea what's going on
> with their own hardware.
> Just look at this Changelog! [1]
>
Note the use of *apparently* you seem to have taken Emmanuel's comments
out of context, in my opinion it was 99% sarcastic...
nVidia have tried to blame everything on XOrg and "other people" which
is exactly what is outlined in Emmanuel's e-mail.
- Nigel
In this case, I stand corrected, ashamed, in the corner :)
- Gilboa