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Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann <at> tu-clausthal.de> writes: |
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> I want to apologise if I ever bashed you. |
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Nope and it does not matter, I never remember those things anyway. |
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> > AMD (and now ATI) rules..... methinks |
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> their binary drivers are so-so. But their open source driver initiative is |
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> great. |
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If you follow AMD, they 'get it'. I have had high hopes for ATI once AMD |
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took over. Patiences is difficult, but, I believe that AMD (ATI) |
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will do the Linux community right, particularly if they want |
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to keep selling hardware to us when Intel has a (current) technical |
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advantage. |
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Intel is the other sleeper. With the best physics (smallest processes) |
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it's only a matter of time before they have a graphic chip, that can be |
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put on the same substrate as the CPU and they'll be competitive, |
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particularly from a price point perspective. |
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The real battle is who's GPU becomes the easiest processor to use with the |
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cisc/risc processors as a generic part of the OS. |
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We'll just have to wait on this, but, my money is on AMD, because |
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they're more likely to do something cool for the greater Linux |
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community than Intel, imho. |
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Nvidia, without a CPU partner, is dying on the vine, as we speak. |
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Look for their stock to plung, if they do not find a (CPU) company to |
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buy and soon. They should have picked up the PPC before Apple ditched |
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it for Intel, imho. |
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cheers! |
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James |
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