From: Dave M. <mo...@ni...> - 2000-05-05 06:34:38
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Sven Goethel writes: > Marco Ghidinelli wrote: > > > the problem is that those drivers are close-source. > > and dri incompatible. > > > > PI: Precision Insights > OS: Open Source > :) > > This is the truth ! > I have also problems with the nvidia driver for my geforce, > but i am not willing to put any more efforts in this closed > no working well driver ! > If this was open source, they could expect a lot of > bugfixes ! > > PI has described the benefits of OS > > 1st of all: Nvidia does makes great hardware ! > BUT ! > I wonder myself, why nvidia and their former SGI developers > do want to pay so much effort to reinvent the wheel the n'th time ? > > Also I must ask myself, why nvidia does support a OS Linux > withouth OS source, or paricipating OS software ? > > It is not the dirver software, what makes nvidia makeing money, > it is the hardware. > So IMO the only reason could be, that nvidia does not own the > license for their driver sources ! > Is that true ? > > I think nvidia hurts themself too much ! > speculation abounds... I think they just want to make money. The 3d market is very competitive, and they are afraid of giving away their edge to ATI or 3DFX. Nvidia is a competitive company. When some other company breaks their record on a benchmark, they assign a couple people to figure out how they did it, and (if possible) incorporate the changes into their drivers. When your salary is much less than the value of your stock options, you really care about your stock valuation. Right now their stock valuation is based on their superior consumer card speed on windows. Linux is nice but is only a long term strategy for them. I think they don't OpenSource because it might concieveably threaten their windows lead, and hence their short-term shareholder value. In other words, R&D can't be allowed to blow up the company... |