[Panel-devel] ATi- Plasma- support

[Matt Rogers]

On Wednesday 17 August 2005 19:31, danalien wrote:
> On Thursday 18 August 2005 02.11, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Wednesday 17 August 2005 03:40, danalien wrote:
> > > Exactly what does this 'want to wark with the plasma team' entail?
> > > ... do they want to provide us with fully F/OSS drivers? ...go the
> > > Nvidia-route? ... or?
> >
> > we'll see.. we're working out the details now =)
> >
> > btw, i got an email from nVidia shortly after blogging about this ;)
>
> good.
>
> here's a thing you could throw at them (to stirr some 'fire' in the
> conversation).
>
> if ATI guy goes : No we won't fully F/OSS the drivers...
>
> you go : Then, thanks but no thanks - hade a nice chat. But the bottom line
> is, there are other gfx-cardmanufacturors out there that allready do
> support us with such things as F/OSS drivers, and by the looks from your
> comment  - we're going to spend our time supporting them for supporting us
> with F/OSS drivers.
>
>
> /* if ATI guy asks who - say name XGI and Via - and that both produce
> hardware that's more then adequate for what are going to do ... F/OSS
> drivers are more important for us in the long-line then
> Blazzing-speed-we-won't-ever-be-able-to-fully-utilize-with-"crippled"-binar
>y-only-drivers! */
>
>
> Remember, they've come to you - not you to them ... so don't be to affraid
> of using that as an advantage for your benefits ... business 101 =)
>
>
> cheers.
>
>
> PS.  s/ATI guy/Nvidia guy/ when needed :-)

And watch them walk away from the table as quickly as possible which is not 
something either side probably wants. F/OSS drivers aren't the issue here and 
i don't know why you're turning it into an issue.
-- 
Matt