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The Real Customers

Posted Apr 20, 2006 17:22 UTC (Thu) by grahammm (subscriber, #773)
In reply to: The Real Customers by ncm
Parent article: Some notes on Linux and free drivers

How would Dell and HP lose out from free drivers? Surely the only people 'hurt' by free drivers would be those who sell non-free drivers separate from the graphics cards. ATI, Nvidia, Dell. HP etc are in the business of selling hardware. If anything the availability of free drivers would increase their bottom line not harm it.


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The Real Customers

Posted Apr 20, 2006 20:10 UTC (Thu) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]

Dell and HP simply don't care one way or the other, and why should they?

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