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Originally posted by deanjo View PostYou still need specs to create the drivers and that same entity is writing the drivers.
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Originally posted by mirv View PostAnd what happens if that entity no longer supports the drivers?
Or you have a specialised system that their drivers don't work with? You do have the option to modify the drivers yourself, or hire people to do it for you, and that's easier with open specs and open drivers.
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Originally posted by Qaridariumdo you really think signing an NDA is a good idear? i don't think so.
but hey its so simple you are an nvidia fanboy the nvidia way is the right way in your mind nothing to fix here you are just broken by Design.
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Here is the thing Q, in your mind you think that everything that is closed has to be crap. The truth is that nothing can be further from the truth. Many open source devs also work on closed source projects as well. With your mindset you think that their open source code is good but their closed source code is shit.
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Here is the thing Q, in your mind you think that everything that is closed has to be crap. The truth is that nothing can be further from the truth. Many open source devs also work on closed source projects as well. With your mindset you think that their open source code is good but their closed source code is shit.
In the field of GPU drivers, which are non-standard dedicated devices, which include high amounts of innovations and expensive engineering details, waiting for good opensource drivers and believing companies like amd that they will provide this support in the full extent like the linux community believed once:
Keep your finger on the pulse of all things Red Hat and open source. Search for and read the latest Red Hat news and press releases about our products, services, team members, customers, partners, community activities, and much more.
is nonsense. What amd did back then (financing an incomplete inferior driver called radeonhd for a time and silently leaving the scene), will happen again.
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Originally posted by Qaridariumsure the same dev and the same work as a cloused source product is shit. sure!
there are studies about the code quality in opensource and closed source projects and the opensource dev model win.
means the same dev and the same work is only good if the product is a opensource product.
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-985221.html
"networking component of Linux is of higher quality in several ways than that of competing closed-source software. "
sure closed source is shit by Definition.
you can improve the quality of code by open up the code with an GPL or BSD license so you get more people into the circle means more people found bugs and fix bugs.
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No, deanjo. Open Source is ALWAYS better than closed source. There is no TECHNICAL reason for closed source, it's just that some companies refuse to open the source for selfish reasons.
The reasons not to release source include drm, backdoors, spyware, phoning home, trade secrets, exerting control over you as a customer, etc. No TECHNICAL reason.
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Originally posted by Qaridariumyou don't get the point the point is opensource is better in an technical point of view of a customer.
in the opensource world you can pay people hunting bugs in the sourcecode and fix bugs in the source code.
and no NDA agreemens are not an alternativ for that.
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