Star The Truth About ATI/AMD & Linux
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 1st Jun 2007 15:05 UTC, submitted by Michael
AMD "Last year when AMD announced their acquisition of ATI it led many to wonder how this would impact the quality of their Linux support and driver. Some had even speculated that AMD would be opening the code to at least a subset of their graphics drivers, and while this issue has come up again more recently, we will cover this particular topic in a different article. In this article we will be exposing what truly consists of the ATI/AMD driver development cycle and ultimately what they are really doing to improve their image in the Linux community."
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RE[7]: drivers, pc market
by Kokopelli on Sun 3rd Jun 2007 07:30 UTC in reply to "RE[6]: drivers, pc market"
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My brother? same situation, he went Nvidia. My parents? again, Nvidia, my sister, like them, Nvidia. I've influenced 4 people in my immediate family, all who run Windows. Imagine if every person with a grudge did what I did.


But they won't, and even if they did you are an anomaly, not the norm.

The quality of Windows drivers is a different matter. Not having a Windows install on anything but a VM I really have only second hand knowledge on this. But what does this have to do with your original statement:

Its time for AMD to be punished, they've been given 6+ months, they've done nothing to improve the situation - boycott all AMD and ATI products till such time they actually fix the situation.


First off I contend that ATI has taken this lashback into account. Further I said that the Linux community as a whole is not going to boycott ATI, much less AMD so the point is moot. Of course there would be no point in remedying anything if all users took your unforgiving stance.

Can they change this late in the game? no. They had their chance.


Most computer parts manufacturers have screwed up in some way or another along the road. Fortunately for them the consumer biomass has the memory of a goldfish.

You think that the Linux communities wrath can damage ATI. I contend that their wrath is a painful paper cut compared to the impact of success or failure with the Windows community and their circles of influence.

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