>>This is no offense, but you did not answer the question ... one *needs*
>>to be able to fix bugs.
>
> I don't *need* to fix bugs in operating systems or compilers etc.  That's
> Somebody Else's Problem.  I can always use a different one, after all.
>
> Remember that from a user perspective there's no issue whether performance
> and stability issues are blob or hardware - they're just parts of the
> vendor product.  Blob vendors do have an interest in quality here.
>
>> > We NEED documentation explaining how the hardware works.
>
> You NEED a pony.
>
>>Once one starts incorporating binary blobs, one cannot stop anymore,
>>because the industry will consider its actions approved by the users.
>
> And how important, precisely, is a tiny number of whiners compared to
> the mass-market sales of nViida and ATI?  Get over it, get a life.
>
> I understand that openness would be advantageous, really, but you
> *have* heard of King Canute haven't you?
>
>>stop blob, Martin
> stop whining and get a life, James
>
>

Why not formalize this petition (pedition) as a group to hardware
companies above and give it a shot?

I'd sign.