To those interested only in "free as in no cost" just hit delete now ;-)
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 07:59:29PM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 07:24:14PM -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > Given the pricing of some of the nVidia chipset cards, there's little
> > incentive for Intel to compete on this since it's only the Linux users
> > who would jump on them.
>
> And given that many/most Linux users happily buy nvidia anyway, where's
> nvidia's incentive to change their policy?
And to set the record straight, the laptop I'm typing this from has
nvidia graphics. I bought the laptop from Linux Certified, thinking that
going to a business that sold Linux computers and did Linux training
would have put together a machine with open source friendly components,
etc. Well, I learned that that's not the case.
The point I'm making here is that just because it's Linux doesn't mean
it's Open/Free. You can't count on any business that "supports" Linux to
support any underlying ideals or goals. Businesses are there to make
money, and Linux is as good a niche as any. If any of you are interested
in freedom, then you'll have to think and act on your own a bit more.
I've been guilty in the past. I'm at least a bit more aware now.
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