From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 25 22:24:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00AAC16A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:24:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl (wcborstel.demon.nl [82.161.134.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 786C643D39 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:24:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.wcborstel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CAE942AE for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:23:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (www.wcborstel.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 47136-04 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:23:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.wcborstel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EBB540CA for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:23:57 +0100 (CET) From: "Jorn Argelo" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:23:57 +0100 Message-Id: <20041125221914.M81723@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <41A63AE3.9020008@mukappabeta.de> References: <51611.192.168.0.200.1101398532.squirrel@192.168.0.200> <200411251706.22229.mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk> <1101405168.99948.43.camel@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us> <200411251807.47294.mark@markdnet.demon.co.uk> <20041125194327.C5321@bigtower.net> <1101411381.568.1.camel@grass.dyndns.org> <1101411674.99948.51.camel@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us> <86u0rdr9l0.fsf@srvbsdnanssv.interne.kisoft-services.com> <1101412864.568.7.camel@grass.dyndns.org> <41A63AE3.9020008@mukappabeta.de> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.41 20040926 X-OriginatingIP: 82.161.134.53 (jorn) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.wcborstel.nl Subject: Re: the best graphicscard for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:24:03 -0000 On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:04:51 +0100, Matthias Buelow wrote > alex bustamante wrote: > > > Why is it so hard for the manufacturers to release everything in the > > open? every *ix/bsd user on the planet would run and buy their cards if > > everything was open. > > "Every *ix/bsd" user is still a lot less than 0.5% of their > clientele, so they simply don't bother. It's simple why they don't make it open source. Making it open source makes it easier for ATi to steal their ideas and they can figure out construction of their GPUs (think of bugs or flaws in the driver or the architecture). Plus, they have no use of making it open source. I mean, what is the advantage for them to make it open source? Win more hearts in the Linux and BSD community? Don't think that they want to sacrifice their secrets about their hardware for that. Also, I don't think many people will exactly understand how it works anyway. At least, one may assume that GPUs are really complicated. Just my two cents. Jorn.