Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Sep 2007 21:40 UTC, submitted by Michael Larabel
"On the Phoronix Forums we have been running a Q&A with the developers of the Nouveau project. For those out of the loop or new to Linux, the Nouveau project aims to provide an open-source 2D/3D graphics driver for NVIDIA hardware. After collecting a number of questions from our readers, KoalaBR and Marcheu have answered these questions. The questions range from whether there will be open-source SLI support to asking if NVIDIA has ever contacted the Nouveau developers."
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2007-07-10
I don't understand what you're trying to do with this argument - it is worthwhile for users of older or non-mainstream hardware to have these capabilities, it is for these users that an open-source solution (which can service the long tail of the market) is necessary. Why have nouveau focus on only the latest and greatest, when some just want their cards to 'work'? Your argument would make more sense if you were advocating nvidia to open source their own drivers - and I don't think that ethical quandaries over 'binary blobiness' is what's stopping linux from making inroads on the desktop OS scene.