[Leaplist] ATI releases hardware specs

[Kyle Gonzales]

On 9/13/07, patrick <pberry2 at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> Actually, nVidia seemed to have some comment about software patents
> being the infringement on their release of those resources!
>
> I have  2 ATI Radeon 9250 PCI cards to test out in GNU/Linux systems.
>
> I don't buy nVidia.  Remember the rootkit that took advantage of the
> nVidia closed source driver back door?

Which required shell access on the system.  There are plenty of open
source problems which fall prey to the same issues.

> No thanks, nVidia, and I am happy to see some major market pressure come
> to bear upon you!

NVidia still owns this market for Linux.  Period.

I don't buy ATI because right now, their cards are terrible in Linux,
and will be for at least the next 12 months.  They have of bad karma
from the past couple of years to make up for.

Additionally, NVidia has done plenty to make other hardware available
in Linux with open source drivers.

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