[NTLUG:Discuss] CPU History

[David]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 09:37:50AM -0600, Kyle Davenport wrote:
> I've never had a problem with the couple of 3Com's I've used.   I have to
> say I never expect any official company support for anything.  It's like an
> extra present that we can get drivers from Nvidia, for instance.   When

It's no present from Nvidia, or at least, not any present I want.
Nvidia's drivers are free beer, but not free speech.  Without the
technical details of programming their chips, we are forever tied to
Nvidia.  Our graphics run only at their convenience.  

I don't expect official driver support from hardware companies.  I do
expect that they will release full technical specifications of their
cards, so that we are empowered to support ourselves.

-- 
David Hayes
david at hayes-family.org