[Open-graphics] AMD considering open-sourcing ATi drivers

[Rogelio Serrano]

On 8/13/06, Lourens Veen <lourens at rainbowdesert.net> wrote:
>
> Looks like we're not going anywhere anytime soon. AMD may be making some
> noises, but the buy hasn't even been approved yet, and it's very
> unlikely that they'll be able to open-source the current drivers on a
> whim. They may try to put some integrated graphics in their processors,
> in a few years, which may be documented then. Or maybe not; there will
> have to be a bus between them anyway and a separate proprietary driver
> is quite possible. For now I don't think we have much to worry about.
>

Yes not in the next 20 years. Do they all have plans to develop new
technology that can be open sourced? Makes no sense for them at all.
Its not part of their business model.

These people live in a different parallel universe as far as I am concerned.

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