At Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:39:47 +0100,
Tobias Nygren wrote:
> 
> Not trying to be overly pesimistic here, but it's time for a reality check.
> A commercially supported NetBSD driver is not going to happen
> with the current size of the NetBSD user base, and their combined
> purchasing power.
> 
> The right way (and if you think about it, the only way)  to go about this
> if we want a driver is to put our weight behind other petitions for
> release of docs so the X.org and Mesa guys can make drivers for us.

Right on!

An open source driver would benefit all systems, even the commercial
ones (e.g. Solaris and anything else that will run X11).

I really don't understand why companies that support and promote the
idea of using open source, e.g. Sun and Apple and IBM, don't spemd a
little more time at least putting on a good show about advocating for
open source offerings (or at least support) from some of their partners,
such as the graphics cards makers, etc.  Don't they believe that they
will also recieve many advantages from the shared skills of the open
source community with drivers and such?

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