Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752752AbWLVVaG (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:30:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752793AbWLVVaG (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:30:06 -0500 Received: from shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net ([24.71.223.10]:37973 "EHLO pd4mo1so.prod.shaw.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752752AbWLVVaE (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:30:04 -0500 Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:27:45 -0600 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: Binary Drivers In-reply-to: To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: nikb@webmaster.com Message-id: <458C4DD1.6000903@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 933 Lines: 21 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 To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr@nospamshaw.ca Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/