On Tuesday 11 February 2003 19:33, Leon Brooks wrote: > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 08:32 am, Austin Acton wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 19:05, Ben Reser wrote: > >> Seems to me the truth is nVidia just is paranoid about > >> competitors learning something from their drivers. > > > > b) don't release code, keep secrets from competition > > What secrets? > > Just how much is unique and special about a 10/100 Ethernet adaptor these > days? > > Cheers; Leon
Nothing, there is absolutely nothing special about it. However, I am of the opinion that we shouldn't even give nvidia the possibility to hide behind those arguments. We also shouldn't give them the possibility to say that the driver is the intellectual property of company X so they can't release it. For these reasons, I believe that we should only ask them for the specs. That's a very modest thing to ask for and it's much harder to come up with arguments for why they shouldn't release them. narfi.
