On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 11:14:37AM -0700, Brian wrote: [snip]
> What does Intel gain by not being open? I am puzzled. I am not an engineer, > so is there something that I am overlooking? > > Cheers, > > Brian I can think of a few possibilities: a) Intel doesn't own the technology, but licensed it from another vendor. The licensing terms don't allow Intel to release full details. b) Intel has agreements with other customers/vendors to not release information about a particular piece of hardware. c) Intel doesn't feel that it's worth the cost to provide information for driver developers. I suspect that in most cases it's a matter of will rather than any technical or legal obstacles. -Damian
