From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751685AbVLFPQl (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:16:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751691AbVLFPQl (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:16:41 -0500 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:45123 "EHLO opteron.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751689AbVLFPQk (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:16:40 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:16:39 +0100 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Brian Gerst Cc: Arjan van de Ven , "M." , William Lee Irwin III , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario Message-ID: <20051206151639.GC28539@opteron.random> References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051205121851.GC2838@holomorphy.com> <20051206011844.GO28539@opteron.random> <43944F42.2070207@didntduck.org> <20051206030828.GA823@opteron.random> <1133869465.4836.11.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4394ECA7.80808@didntduck.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4394ECA7.80808@didntduck.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:43:03PM -0500, Brian Gerst wrote: > Once again I'd like to point out that user's purchase power means jack > when they only have two choices for video: ATI and Nvidia. You can't > walk into a computer store and find anything else (I don't count The single fact you looked to see if there was something else is a very good thing. As wrote in the other email, with their binary only drivers those companies are increasing their risk of introducing more competition into the 3d space, they open up a niche. I know I wouldn't take this risk if I was in them.