> > In fact I sent them an e-mail mentioning all the points you mention here:
> > that the competitors cards (based on bt848) are better supported. That ATI
> > cannot maintain the driver themselves (it looks this way.. otherwise where
> > is the NT driver ??) That their claim about NDA with other chip
> > manufacturers are invalid since I got all the datasheets for non-ATI
> > chips.
>
> > You don't drill anything into their heads. The management is inherently
> > fearful of things they can't control. Releasing specifications to public
> > is one of those things. An UDI is giving them a good excuse to continue
> > the policy.
>
> Small problem with your logic... If they don't yet have an NT driver, why
> would they do a UDI driver? It sounds to me like they are just targeting the
> home and they seem to think (home == win95).
No problem. I was countering arguments that by talking sensibly and
logically to companies you can get something. (see previous e-mails)
As to the NT driver - the message on ATI website says (among other things)
that they are "considering" the possibility to write one.
Vladimir Dergachev
>
> -Eric ;-)
>
> --
> Eric Princen
> Micro Analysis & Design
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> green cheese. Then the astronauts found that the moon
> is really a big hard rock. That's what happens when you
> leave it out."
>
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