From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Romanick Subject: Re: Re: Current discussion about the future of free software graphics Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:46:24 -0700 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <40A13BA0.609@us.ibm.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: James Simmons Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net James Simmons wrote: >>1: Design must provide a mechanism for basic mode setting in a >>device independent manner from an application with user level >>permissions. ("Basic" to be defined) > > Ug. I see I'm fighting a losing battle but it doesn't matter. I couldn't > never win this fight. There is MONEY involved here. This is a sure way > to make sure Tungstengraphics has a income coming in. They want a monoply > on the linux graphics arena then fine they can have it. Are you completely without a clue? Nobody from TG is even participating in this discussion (except a couple messages from Jens a week or so ago). Why would you even say such a thing? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Sleepycat Software Learn developer strategies Cisco, Motorola, Ericsson & Lucent use to deliver higher performing products faster, at low TCO. http://www.sleepycat.com/telcomwpreg.php?From=osdnemail3