Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <> | Subject | Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in non-free drivers? | Date | Sun, 5 Jan 2003 21:24:47 +0000 (UTC) |
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"Dimitrie O. Paun" <dpaun@rogers.com> writes:
> software. For how much money MS has, what have they innovated?
Without Microsoft, there wouldn't be 2,4 GHz 32/64 bit microcomputers with 512 megabytes of main memory, 120 gigabytes of hard disk space and 1600x1200 pixels 32 bit resolution and 3d real time capability for < $1000 on sale at your local discount store. Simply because there wouldn't be a market for this.
Face it. Microsoft Software is, what made the breakthrough to really put a powerful machine in every home and allow the 2-5% of the owner base which are Linux users to get really cheap commodity hardware.
Not IBM did this. Not Commodore. Not Apple. Not Linux.
Regards Henning
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