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Re: [News] NVIDIA's Big Acquisition Re-raises Open Source Question

  • Subject: Re: [News] NVIDIA's Big Acquisition Re-raises Open Source Question
  • From: Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:53:42 +0100
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"Duncan Meyer" <duncan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:4573148.Hdt09XpmEW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Is NVIDIA Buying AGEIA Good For Linux?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Though with this afternoon's announcement of NVIDIA acquiring AGEIA, we
>> | wonder how this could impact the level of PhysX support for Linux. As 
>> NVIDIA
>> | actively supports a binary driver for their GeForce and Quadro products, 
>> we'd
>> | hope that once these GeForce+PhysX graphics cards are introduced we will 
>> find
>> | support within the NVIDIA Linux driver. We also hope the future bundling 
>> of
>> | PhysX IP into NVIDIA's GPUs won't hamper their rumored open-source 
>> strategy.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjMxOA
>
>
> --- "We also hope the future bundling of PhysX   *** IP  *** into NVIDIA's 
> GPUs won't hamper their rumored..."
>
> The future bundling of what.... IP!
>
> Didn't someone recently claim that there is no such thing as IP?

That was Mark Kent. But himself and Roy are at war in this
area. Recently Roy Schestowitz was advocating closed source Linux
solutions and patented solutions. None of which Mark Kent agrees with.

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