In terms of graphics performance, nvidia is already way a head of the Xbox on desktop PCs, so your remark is a bit pointless.
However it is nice to note that for the moment, as the parent poster correctly pointed out, they are simply pointing out a potential IP conflict, and no precise licence terms have even been discussed. I've no doubt at all that they'll throw their weight around as they know how to do so well, but there are other people concerned that have as much to loose as Linux, so they'll have a difficult time making it stick.
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A good number of RAID controller cards used them, and have done for a while now. They are in PCs all over the world as we speak.
And when I see how many of our customers are still running solaris 2.6 and 2.7, Debian release times just don't worry me anymore...
you would say to Vanna, "Is there an L?". Not "Is there a L?"
As anyone who plays scrabble knows, that's because L is actually spelled 'el' or 'ell'.
See here.
And of course, the Intellectual Property of the Institute for the Promotion of the Internet Protocol Utility would give us IPIPIPU.
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In terms of graphics performance, nvidia is already way a head of the Xbox on desktop PCs, so your remark is a bit pointless.
However it is nice to note that for the moment, as the parent poster correctly pointed out, they are simply pointing out a potential IP conflict, and no precise licence terms have even been discussed. I've no doubt at all that they'll throw their weight around as they know how to do so well, but there are other people concerned that have as much to loose as Linux, so they'll have a difficult time making it stick.
Yeah ATI drivers blow real hard, but Matrox cards work real nice with XFree86 for 2D work.