Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:23:57 +0100 From: "Jorn Argelo" <jorn@wcborstel.nl> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the best graphicscard for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20041125221914.M81723@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <41A63AE3.9020008@mukappabeta.de> References: <51611.192.168.0.200.1101398532.squirrel@192.168.0.200> <200411251706.22229.mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk> <1101405168.99948.43.camel@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us> <200411251807.47294.mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk> <20041125194327.C5321@bigtower.net> <1101411381.568.1.camel@grass.dyndns.org> <1101411674.99948.51.camel@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us> <86u0rdr9l0.fsf@srvbsdnanssv.interne.kisoft-services.com> <1101412864.568.7.camel@grass.dyndns.org> <41A63AE3.9020008@mukappabeta.de>
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:04:51 +0100, Matthias Buelow wrote > alex bustamante wrote: > > > Why is it so hard for the manufacturers to release everything in the > > open? every *ix/bsd user on the planet would run and buy their cards if > > everything was open. > > "Every *ix/bsd" user is still a lot less than 0.5% of their > clientele, so they simply don't bother. It's simple why they don't make it open source. Making it open source makes it easier for ATi to steal their ideas and they can figure out construction of their GPUs (think of bugs or flaws in the driver or the architecture). Plus, they have no use of making it open source. I mean, what is the advantage for them to make it open source? Win more hearts in the Linux and BSD community? Don't think that they want to sacrifice their secrets about their hardware for that. Also, I don't think many people will exactly understand how it works anyway. At least, one may assume that GPUs are really complicated. Just my two cents. Jorn.
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