From: Stefan Mars <mars@lysator.liu.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 19:13:28 +0200 (MET DST)

Re: NVidia is a horseshit company

On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Shawn Leas wrote:

> I'll just state again that I feel that this information is *necessary* for
> the use of the card unless you have Windows, and this sort of thing has
> recently been looked down upon by the courts.

The courts should know better than to look into such things.
 
> It's none of their damn business, either, whether I develope on NT, 95,
> Linux, FreeBSD, or fucking SCO.  So, requiring that I be a Windows
> developer before I could buy any programming info is pretty not-kosher.

They have built the thing, and they have made their opinion about this
known for a long long time now. Hence you should have known, or could
easily have found out had you bothered, when you bought the card. The
company has no other responsibilities.

> Ok, your argument is invalid.  NVidia refuses to supply/sell/give/or
> otherwise make available any documentation unless you develop for
> windows.  Non of their fucking business.

Since when has it become a _right_ to be able to buy whatever you want?
 
-Stefan

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