“AMD will soon deliver open graphics drivers, said Henri Richard just a few minutes ago, and the audience at the opening keynote of the Red Hat Summit broke into applause and cheers. Richard, AMD’s executive vice president of sales and marketing, promised: “I’m here to commit to you that it’s going to get done.†He also promised that AMD is “going to be very proactive in changing way we interface with the Linux community.— — From Enterprise Linux Log
I believe the above news story is just an incorrect understanding of what Henry said, but it would be nice. I think it is much more credible to trust Blizzard’s report on it: “The ATI marketing guy on stage (Henri Richard) at the Red Hat Summit just committed to fixing the ATI problems with open source. To paraphrase “most people are worried about what they will lose…IP, etc…we’re worried about what we can win.†They know it’s a problem and they are committed to fixing it.”
And the best news, either way, is that AMD *is* listening. After my Dear AMD blog post, they took the time to have a conversation with me, and seem like they sincerely want to make a top notch driver.
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#1 by Ciaran on May 13, 2007 - 12:54 pm
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Open Source 3D drivers?
#2 by Mike on May 13, 2007 - 5:38 pm
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No, not open-source at all