Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:40:36 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081215064036.GK5527@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20081213214016.X44622@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20081212120437.B3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212181258.GE36348@kokopelli.hydra> <ghuau9$juk$1@ger.gmane.org> <20081212203202.H4803@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212150228.520ad7f8@scorpio> <20081212212931.F5072@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081213094403.GH39031@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213163709.GA17550@comcast.net> <20081213200931.GD51063@kokopelli.hydra> <20081213214016.X44622@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--n83H03bbH672hrlY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 09:42:32PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >probably that they would create "competitors" somehow, magically, without > >providing any information that directly encourages competition for their > >hardware. If they wanted to provide per-incident paid software support > >or simply charge people extra for drivers, *then* I could see this being > >a problem, but I haven't seen a whole lot of that kind of rent-seeking > >behavior from graphics adapter vendors. >=20 > i don't see any problem. There is a product - for example Nvidia=20 > powersuckers^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hfull 3D accellerators. Their can this, that,=20 > blah, blah and blah, they don't have FreeBSD support. >=20 > There are other products, they can this that blah blah and have FreeBSD= =20 > support. >=20 > You need blah blah and blah under FreeBSD, you don't buy nvidia. >=20 > end of topic. I've responded to this attitude of yours in another subthread. I don't remember exactly where, but I mentioned terms like "laptop" and "package deal" (or something to that effect) a bit. Please address that before you go bandying this weak "argument" around any more. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth William Gibson: "The future is already here. It's just not very evenly distributed." --n83H03bbH672hrlY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklF++QACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWMGwCdH9rCXfQtBGAqBl939yWrwhX2 6sUAn27jB1ao4BWKBTEOXw1Vh2ErpKrA =O5rf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --n83H03bbH672hrlY--
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