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Trident Micro Update

Posted by michael on from the retrograde-advance dept.

grendelkhan writes: "According to Linux Today, Trident is denying that they are no longer supporting open source developers for XFree86." This message from Eich clarifies the events leading up to this. Looks like Trident chips will continue to be supported, one way or another.

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  1. Oh I Feel Like an Ass by Cylix · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well I went through the process of sending their customer relations department a nice letter.

    I calmly informed them if quality drivers for their products ceased to emerge in the marketplace that I would seek other alternatives.

    At the time I felt like an informed reader and now I feel like an ass.

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    1. Re:Oh I Feel Like an Ass by rknop · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Don't feel like an ass. If you politely and calmly worded it, it still applies.

      Trident may come out and say that they aren't refusing support to open-source software. But that's marketspeak if it is impossible for Open Source developers to get access to programming information without signing an NDA that prohibits source distribution. "We support open source software, but we won't give programming information to people who distribute source" is inherently contradictory.

      Believe their actions, not their words. So far, their actions are not favorable, if the reports of the XFree86 developer not being able to get information are correct. We'll see if they turn around. Your letter was almost certainly still appropriate.

      -Rob

  2. Getting someone else to ask by hrieke · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've said this in the last posting of the story, but it was at the bottom so I don't know how many people saw it:
    We should have IBM, Micron, or who ever else uses these chips in their laptops to ask Trident to release the documentation that is needed to develop a driver for FreeX.
    It's harder to ignore IBM than it is a single developer.

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