[CS-FSLUG] Nvidia Dying?

[Eduardo Sanchez]

On Monday 26 October 2009 03:08:13 Timothy Butler wrote:
> On Oct 25, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Ed Hurst wrote:
> 
> 	I'm hoping Larabee will help on the Intel front, but I suppose if it
> does, that could also kill nVidia...  it would be a sad day. My first
> 3D accelerator was an nVidia based on the S3 ViRGE...
> 

If (and this is a big if) nVidia really is in trouble as the reports posted by 
Ed seem to imply, I won't be sad. I do not like companies that are adamant on 
using proprietary kernel modules and drivers for GNU/Linux. I've recently 
killed nVidia from a procurement spec of 3 PCs, and changed them for Intel on-
board graphics instead. It's a horribly inferior solution, of course; but they 
behave better on this regard, so they got that business. And nVidia *will* get 
my kill vote as long as they insist on releasing proprietary drivers for 
GNU/Linux.

Blessings,


Eduardo

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