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