From: irish@eskimo.com
  To  : Shawn Leas <sleas@ixion.honeywell.com>
  Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 04:00:00 -0700 (PDT)

Re: NVidia is a horseshit company

On 18-Sep-98 Shawn Leas typed:
> On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Stefan Mars wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Shawn Leas wrote:
> 
>> > 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
> 
> I live in the USA?  Hehehe, but seriously, when you buy the card, you have
> bought it's capabilities.  That does NOT mean that they can say, oh yeah,
> and you need Windows...  Oh, yeah, and if you don't develop for Windows,
> we won't even give you enough information about the card to interface
> software with it's hardware.
> 
> That would be "required documentation" within reason, while not requiring
> important proprietory schematic or technical information.

You have obviously never attempted to use a WinModem under Linux. :)
This card ONLY works under WIN, and no, the required docs to make it work with
anything else are not provided or available. 
Do I bitch? No, I buy a card that is compatible. I am not a programmer, so I
really have no choice in the matter. 

In the final analysis, I'll buy whatever card is supported by my platform. If
a manufacturer is too short-sighted to provide programmers with required
info he'll not only lose that sale, but many more in the future as his product
is not supported. 

Thier loss. Move on. 

Irish