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From: Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska•net>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists•linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Driver Hell: was Re: GeForce on PPC == _no work_
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 06:54:23 -0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011028065423.B32547@plato.local.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011028151111.JZNC28233.tomts15-srv.bellnexxia.net@there>; from khendricks@ivey.uwo.ca on Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 11:13:44AM -0500


On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 11:13:44AM -0500, Kevin B. Hendricks wrote:
>
> What is the technical or business rationale for making your "product" hard
> to use?  Is there some kickback from designer to chip maker that has come
> into existance that I am missing here?  Since they basically give away
> binary drivers (and not selling them) keeping info locked up just makes no
> business sense to me?
>
> Anyone with insights here they would like to share?

try reading Dilbert.

--
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-10-28 15:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-28  0:56 GeForce on PPC == _no work_ Derrik Pates
2001-10-28  2:48 ` Ani Joshi
2001-10-28  2:52   ` Derrik Pates
2001-10-28 12:52   ` Kevin B. Hendricks
2001-10-28 14:03     ` Derrik Pates
2001-10-28 14:54     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-28 16:13       ` Driver Hell: was " Kevin B. Hendricks
2001-10-28 15:35         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-10-28 15:54         ` Ethan Benson [this message]
2001-10-28 16:40         ` Tom Rini
2001-10-28 18:57       ` Derrik Pates
2001-10-28 20:41         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
     [not found]     ` <20011031022825.EOTE7882.tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@there>
     [not found]       ` <3BDF6249.71796C9C@mandrakesoft.com>
2001-10-31 15:42         ` Patch to fix support for PNIC_II in tulip driver Kevin B. Hendricks
2001-11-01 17:45         ` Patch - some final fixes for tulip driver support of PNIC_II chip Kevin B. Hendricks
2001-10-28 12:34 ` GeForce on PPC == _no work_ Ethan Benson
2001-10-29  4:01   ` Derrik Pates
2001-10-29  4:41     ` Kevin B. Hendricks
2001-10-29  6:08       ` Gregorio Gervasio Jr.
2001-10-29  5:17     ` Ethan Benson
2001-10-29 17:21       ` Ani Joshi
2001-10-29 17:26         ` Michel Dänzer
2001-10-29 17:44           ` Ani Joshi
2001-10-29 17:51             ` Bastien Nocera
2001-10-29 18:09             ` Derrik Pates
2001-10-30  0:52         ` Ethan Benson

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