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

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:53:42 +0100, Hadron wrote:

> "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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