--- Rick Stevens <rstevens(a)vitalstream.com> wrote:
Frank Tanner III wrote:
> --- Rui Miguel Seabra <rms(a)1407.org> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 16:37 -0700, Frank Tanner
III
>>wrote:
>>
>>>You have your beliefs and I have mine. And mine
>>
>>is
>>
>>>that people deserve to try to make a living off
of
>>>their code, hardware, service they provide.
>>
>>Do not invert roles here, mister.
>>
>>*You* said they have a right to make money, and
*I*
>>said they have a
>>right to try to make money.
>>
>>
>>>The *REASON* their driver is proprietary and has
>>>"black box" components is SIMPLE. There are
>>>proprietary pieces of code in the video card
>>
>>itself.
>>
>>>These drivers need to access these pieces of
code.
>>
>>>The drivers would have enough information in them
>>
>>to
>>
>>>deduce exactly what the code in the card is
doing.
>>
>>>So, in effect, they would be, in effect, "giving
>>
>>away"
>>
>>>their proprietaty card stored on the video card
>>>itself.
>>
>>This is bullshit. The reason, stated so by NVIDIA
a
>>few times, seems to
>>be related to software patents.
>>
>>
>>>choice. Me? I will use their cards, and their
>>>drivers, because I like their products.
>>
>>Do you like MACROVISION? I hope you do, because
you
>>get it, wether you
>>like it or not.
>>
>>Rui
>>
>
>
> I guess that's the difference between you and I.
I
> don't attempt to pirate video using my NVidia
card, so
> Macrovision protection doesn't matter to me.
Gentlemen, can you please take this outside--perhaps
to Usenet or some
chat room somewhere where they enjoy flamewars? It
simply isn't
appropriate for this forum and I'm rather tired of
having to scroll past
all of the invective and diatribes being spouted on
this thread.
Either drop it or continue it OFF LIST.
Talk to the person flaming. I'm not flaming one bit.
I've been 100% rational throughout this. He's the one
foaming at the mouth.
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