AMD/ATI finally

doublejoon · Post by **doublejoon** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:45 pm

http://www.linux.com/feature/119049

Wally Balljacker · Post by **Wally Balljacker** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:30 pm

Yay! From now on, maybe I'll choose ATI cards. With Intel and ATI cards having open drivers now, I wonder what Nvidia plans on doing.

greggh · Post by **greggh** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:36 pm

Wally Balljacker wrote:With Intel and ATI cards having open drivers now, I wonder what Nvidia plans on doing.

Bury their heads ever deeper into the sand, would be my first guess.

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:41 am

greggh wrote:
Wally Balljacker wrote:With Intel and ATI cards having open drivers now, I wonder what Nvidia plans on doing.
Bury their heads ever deeper into the sand, would be my first guess.

Yep, that's my opinion as well. I don't really know how to describe it, but I just can't see NVIDIA release anything but a proprietary driver.

allix · Post by **allix** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:53 pm

Tsuroerusu wrote: Yep, that's my opinion as well. I don't really know how to describe it, but I just can't see NVIDIA release anything but a proprietary driver.

Its good for the freedom haters

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:06 am

allix wrote:
Tsuroerusu wrote: Yep, that's my opinion as well. I don't really know how to describe it, but I just can't see NVIDIA release anything but a proprietary driver.
Its good for the freedom haters

True! That should be the new slogan of NVIDIA: The Choice of Freedom Haters!

Tsuroerusu · Post by **Tsuroerusu** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:07 am

By the way, this is now official: AMD Details Strategic Open Source Graphics Driver Development Initiative