[clug] Free Ubuntu?

[Sam Couter]

Tony and Robyn Lewis <beakysnugger at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> This doesn't make sense to me.  They make their money by selling 
> hardware.  They could cut back on developers (for both Windows and 
> Linux) by open sourcing their drivers.  Linux (and Windows) get better 
> drivers.  Everybody wins.

Except that their hardware probably isn't very smart, just fast. The
drivers are smart and is where they think their competitive advantage
lies.

Or perhaps the hardware interface is very revealing about the internal
implementation of the hardware. Obviously if that's the case and they
release the driver source, competitors will be able to gain insight into
the hardware implementation by studying the drivers.
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