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On 01/07/2012 18:10, Tsvetan Usunov - OLIMEX Ltd wrote:
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cite="mid:CAEmfm2iMWqJ+trxR+nivhwT22mykNBH08G_9wZsf1PgNgkroOA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">very interesting similar situation with Nvidia:
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<div>they ignore the request to open their drivers nor to
provide info which would help linux community to write these
drivers for them, which made Linus so angry he show them
middle finger <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/linus-torvalds-nvidia-linux/">http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/linus-torvalds-nvidia-linux/</a></div>
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<div>the response of Nvidia was somethig like: we don't care,
our Linux sales are too small to carry about your request for
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<div>but now few weeks later I read this: </div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ubuntero.com.br/2012/06/nvidia-perde-venda-de-10-milhoes-de-gpus/">http://www.ubuntero.com.br/2012/06/nvidia-perde-venda-de-10-milhoes-de-gpus/</a> </div>
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<div>so Nvidia lost sales of 10 millions GPUs just because they
ignoring Linux and GPL and their competitor AMD takes
advantage by opening their drivers</div>
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<div>I guess something like this is going to happen with ARM SoCs
too, there will be company like Freescale or TI which are going
to support open source of their GPUs</div>
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<div>the price of the silicon is about same from the different SoC
companies, so who offer better support will get more business</div>
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Direct link to the version in English:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/266116/nvidia-loses-10-million-gpu-order-over-awful-linux-support/">http://www.inquisitr.com/266116/nvidia-loses-10-million-gpu-order-over-awful-linux-support/</a>,
in the unlikely case :) some people don't speak Portuguese fluenty
on the list (myself included)<br>
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