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Old 08-08-2011, 03:10 PM   #110
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Originally Posted by wodin View Post
Actually that may be more accurate than not, they certainly don't want to release the source code.
Nvidia has not released the source code for their proprietary driver, which happens to be a kernel module, neither has ATI for theirs. VmWare products for Linux? Nero? There are quite a few companies that have solved that problem, proving that it is perfectly possible to target (x86) Linux workstations.

Any discussion about technical difficulties on Linux is but an excuse. The fact remains that:
- the market is small (we few), and, even worse
- most of us are crafty enough to run WINE or virtualization software.
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