I'm not sure that is true. nvidia's cuda c compiler does not open anything, and yet it allows me to write / run arbitrary c programs on my 8 series gpu. The culture in the gpu market is the problem. Those guys are paranoid about loosing ip to eachother. I mean seariously, they got into a fist fight last year! Tensions run deep.
Hopefully Intel's offerings will continue to improve and put pressure on the big boys to calm down and open up.
Before June I would carry around my laptop cell phone and iPod. Now I just carry my iPhone, however I do miss the larger screen on my laptop! I hoped the foleo would enable me to use Bluetooth to extend my smart phone's EDGE to my other devices. Thats somthing I would really use!
Why are all of thee ip and Bluetooth devices getting synced bough USB!!! The iPhone outlook sync is just bad. I wish I could look up directions on my phone, hop in the car, open my laptop and have the map staring back at me. Tight integration was the point of the foleo, and I'm afraid it is the real casulty of this news.
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I'm not sure that is true. nvidia's cuda c compiler does not open anything, and yet it allows me to write / run arbitrary c programs on my 8 series gpu. The culture in the gpu market is the problem. Those guys are paranoid about loosing ip to eachother. I mean seariously, they got into a fist fight last year! Tensions run deep. Hopefully Intel's offerings will continue to improve and put pressure on the big boys to calm down and open up.
Before June I would carry around my laptop cell phone and iPod. Now I just carry my iPhone, however I do miss the larger screen on my laptop! I hoped the foleo would enable me to use Bluetooth to extend my smart phone's EDGE to my other devices. Thats somthing I would really use! Why are all of thee ip and Bluetooth devices getting synced bough USB!!! The iPhone outlook sync is just bad. I wish I could look up directions on my phone, hop in the car, open my laptop and have the map staring back at me. Tight integration was the point of the foleo, and I'm afraid it is the real casulty of this news.