On Monday 01 February 2010 20:11:46 Kevin Kofler wrote:
Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> And the fact that they provide support next to none (of their closed
> source drivers) demonstrates that they *do* care about Linux market, and
> do take the community support seriously.
I disagree. Providing proprietary drivers is NOT providing support to Free
Software or GNU/Linux.
Of course not. It is providing support for their hardware. And they do a very
good job at it.
The fact they don't support the Free Software might be their own choice, in
the end. And this is completely legitimate standpoint for a hardware
manufacturer. They are just protecting their technology secrets. I see nothing
wrong with that, as long as they provide support.
Unlike ATI, who *claim* to support FS, but actually do so only when the
hardware in question becomes obsolete.
Best, :-)
Marko