From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 15:52:05 -0900 From: Ethan Benson To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: GeForce on PPC == _no work_ Message-ID: <20011029155205.L32547@plato.local.lan> References: <20011028201745.F32547@plato.local.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from ajoshi@shell.unixbox.com on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 09:21:42AM -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 09:21:42AM -0800, Ani Joshi wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > > > also FreeBSD people, since they also can't use nVidia's binary drivers. I > > > hope he has some success. > > > > don't hold your breath, you might suffocate. > > Hmm, its nice to see such pessimism from the community. Perhaps instead, I am not a pessimist, I always hope for the best, unfortunatly experience has taught me to always expect the worst. > you could try helping, but I suppose that's too much to ask from some. > > Anyhow, companies *do* change their policies with the proper polite > lobbying. This includes nVidia. Yes, my preferred method of lobbying is to publically refuse to use/purchase thier hardware. Its unfortunate apple doesn't offer a choice to buy thier machine with an alternate video card, perhaps if you replace it with an ATI Rage128 and then call Nvidia for a refund on the OEM card they might get the point, otoh they would probably just say `foad' and hang up. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/