feedback to NVidia [was: Nvidia Drivers]

[Rui Miguel Seabra]

On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 13:27 +0100, Frederic Soulier wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 13:05, dalen wrote:
> > Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 19:28 -0500, dalen wrote:
> > > 
> > >>When Rui suggests something constructive such as a method to play 
> > >>TuxRacer without proprietary drivers, I may consider listening.  Until 
> > >>then, rui_zealotry.pl is simply troll noise on this list.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I did suggest something constructive:
> > > 
> > >   a) To use your power as a costumer to create demand for Free Software
> > >      drivers.
> 
> How do I do that?

Write to them demanding. Promise not to buy another card from them that
doesn't support Free Software (either by not providing specs or Free
Software drivers).

> > >   b) change your graphics card
> > > 
> > > Using the proprietary driver, which even artificially restricts the way
> > > you use your graphics card with MACROVISION, you will never have Free
> > > Software drivers, and you will be under the control imposed by NVIDIA