Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:56:15 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux Message-ID: <20070615185615.GA84136@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <440b3e930706151103n554c0671qc086671e9251e422@mail.gmail.com> References: <880dece00706151014t229460b8j821cc4dea24788fe@mail.gmail.com> <440b3e930706151103n554c0671qc086671e9251e422@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 02:03:39PM -0400, Ali Mashtizadeh wrote: > Hey everyone, > > This email went out on Xorg I thought it might be useful for all of us stuck > with ATI cards. We should all show our interest in AMD helping out the BSD > community as well! Just like Nvidia has been doing! "Linux strategy" -- gotta love the use of the word "strategy", like they're playing chess or Risk or Daisenryaku. Yes, because supporting an operating system involves "strategy". Not to sound rude, but I wouldn't hold your breath over the statement. Yes, *absolutely* mail them and show support for the BSDs, and tell them you'll be happy to beta test whatever they put out (as long as they have a good feedback method for reporting those bugs; not some defunct HTML form web page that sends submissions to /dev/null). I believe AMD/ATI cares about providing a good driver base (for Linux and probably the BSDs), but no matter how many customers mail them, the reality of the situation is a disappointing one: managers and executives of sorts are who have say over all of this, who decide all of this, and who ultimately make the statements on all of this. As a Texan co-worker of mine says, "too many chiefs, not enough indians". nVidia has the same "problem", for what it's worth. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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