linux-kernel - Re: Binary Drivers

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Date:	Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:27:45 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	nikb@...master.com
Subject: Re: Binary Drivers

Nikolaos D. Bougalis wrote:
>     Manufacturers design product as they see fit and offer it on the 
> market; I don't see nVidia or ATI thugs twisting your arm behind you as 
> you walk down the aisle of Fry's Electronics saying "buy this nice card 
> we made or I'll break your arm."

If you need high-performance 3D they might as well be, as realistically 
ATI and NVIDIA are the only providers of high-performance video for the 
consumer market. Nobody else makes anything that competes, not even 
onboard video chipsets like Intel, SiS, etc.

-- 
Robert Hancock      Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/

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