Rumor: ATI to open specifications to X.org developers? (and KDE4 news also)
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| I've read this rumor from 2 different places... The first was a
| article linked from Digg regarding the Ubuntu developer summit. Ih
| eard it again in a tllts.org (episode #167) interview with the Zack
| 'Graphics Ninja' Rusin. He basically heard that ATI is trying to
| release docs to X developers, but are stuck in red tape. Can Digg
| help convince ATI?
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http://digg.com/linux_unix/Rumor_ATI_to_open_specifications_to_X_org_developers_and_KDE4_news_also#c3862188
Related:
AMD goes Torro on Torrenza open source socket
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| AMD, displaying a rare breed of initiative for a chip manufacturer has
| opened up the hardware specifications for its Opteron server processor,
| enabling other chipmakers to design co-processors that will be socket
| compatible with an Opteron motherboard.
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| [...]
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| AMD's vision appears to be an attempt to emulate the software open
| source paradigm in a hardware environment by opening up the AMD
| architecture to third party developers.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/5705/53/
IBM and Oracle must change software pricing - AMD
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| AMD expects companies like Oracle and IBM - devising Byzantine pricing
| metrics for their software in virtualized environments - will be forced
| to compromise on licensing by their customers or risk losing business to
| open source.
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| [...]
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| Lewis believes open source - particularly Xen and the Linux, Apache,
| MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python LAMP stack - will provide leverage on closed
| source vendors. Without that leverage, closed-source vendors' pricing
| will delay uptake of virtualization at large, as only certain types
| of applications move to virtualization.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/22/amd_oracle_ibm_licensing/
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