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color=#0000ff size=2>I'm not sure what this "commitment" means; however,
ATI has been touting their Linux support for 7 years - yet support is almost
worthless. ATI may comment on wanting to open source their drivers,
but always fall back on "includes proprietary/licensed code so we can't open
source it".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Here's an ATI press release from 1999 touting their
commitment to open source. Hmmm....seven years later still
nothing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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href="http://ati.amd.com/companyinfo/press/1999/4241.html">http://ati.amd.com/companyinfo/press/1999/4241.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=918084121-02072007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-MD-</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Chris
Ribe<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 02, 2007 5:36 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion
about mythtv<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users] ATI vs NVidia card
conclusion<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN>Wow...what a difference. In the
remote chance that anyone from ATI/AMD is on this list..please forward this
internally!</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR><BR>While it's not of much use to anyone setting up a myth system
today, it is worth noting on this list that AMD has committed to open sourcing
their ATI drivers, while the Nvidia drivers appear likely to remain binary only
for the foreseeable future. <BR><BR>-Chris <BR></DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR
clear=all><BR>-- <BR>TV/IT Engineer<BR>WCJB-TV Gainesville, FL<BR>(352) 377 2020
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