'As for why i bring this up here: mjg59 happily joined the shitthrowing contest against radeonhd, which at that point was a political struggle between AMD+SuSE versus ATI+redhat.'
Interesting view of history there. There was an open driver developed in the community (Avivo), followed much later by a driver developed in secret for several months (radeonhd) which simply showed up by surprise one day with the expectation that everyone else would immediately cease their efforts.
But I guess if you see the world through a prism of neverending corporate conspiracies and power struggles (ones which you've happily partaken in), it makes some kind of sense.
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Re: Great catch.
Date: 2016-01-22 11:11 am (UTC)Interesting view of history there. There was an open driver developed in the community (Avivo), followed much later by a driver developed in secret for several months (radeonhd) which simply showed up by surprise one day with the expectation that everyone else would immediately cease their efforts.
But I guess if you see the world through a prism of neverending corporate conspiracies and power struggles (ones which you've happily partaken in), it makes some kind of sense.
-daniels