Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Intel centrino drivers being withheld? | From | Felipe Alfaro Solana <> | Date | Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:17:00 +0100 |
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On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 10:50, Andrew Walrond wrote:
> Well, I am demanding, and my patience is running very thin. And Amd look to be > releasing 64bit mobile parts soon, and appear to be very linux friendly. Am I > the only one getting annoyed about this?
No, you're not alone... Although I don't have a Centrino-powered machine at the moment, the way Intel is behaving is stopping for me for even thinking on buying a new laptop replacement.
I think this kind of disinterest on Linux Centrino drivers is motivated by the fact that Microsoft has a strong relationship with Intel and since, like it or not, Windows has 90% of the desktop market, Intel doesn't see the motivation to spend a few hundred dollars in building the driver themselves.
However, they could at least release the documentation. Since the driver is, I think, going to be GPL'ed, they don't have to fear releasing the internals of Centrino.
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