On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 13:16 -0700, Tim Howard wrote: > On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 14:42:08 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 14:37 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 14:31 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 13:51 +0200, Thomas Ilnseher wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Or would anyone of you really spent ¤ 280 for a 7800GT and use > > > > > (imaginatory) open source drivers > > > > > instead of just get the same performance from a ¤180 7600GT with closed > > > > > source drivers ? > > > > > > > > Yes, I would. > > > > > > > > Why do you think this operating system even exists in the first place? > > > > Because of people who just run whatever garbage proprietary software > > > > that's out there because "hey, it makes our games go faster"? Duh. > > > > > > Careful Dave, people will start calling you a "zealot" with that kind of > > > crazy talk ;-) > > > > Well, if they go run Windows where they belong and stop actively > > advocating the destruction of our beloved operating system / movement, > > they can call me whatever they want. > > > > Deal? :) > > > > -DR- > > IMHO, this mindset is the result of people not truly understanding why > we say, "free as in free speech, not free as in free beer." The > reason some people are using Linux is for the "beer" aspect... and > they just ignore how we came to even have Linux in the first place. > > -TimH i prefer to say free as the air, it feats better
