Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is very off-topic, but I just had a thought that I felt strongly > enough to share. > > Right now, hardware manufacturers, like video card makers, make their > hardware so that each has different interfaces (APIs, etc) that must be > dealt with in drivers, and often that information is kept proprietary, > which makes it difficult for XFree86 developers (and company) to get > things working for every little card out there. > > As Linux gains dominance on the desktop (notice I didn't say "if", but > implied "when"), is it out of line to think that perhaps the XFree86 > developers could set the API standards instead of the hardware > manufacturers doing so? > > In other words, perhaps some day the developers can say "Here's the > interface specs; make your hardware work with it if you want to sell > your cards." > > Pipe dream? Fantasy? Stupid innovation-stifling idea? Good idea? What?
Isn't this the same idea as VESA? -- People said I was dumb, but I proved them! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
