It's all about Ubuntu

very good comment; I totally agree that only HP/Dell/IBM/etc can make nvidia change their
mind.

However I suspect it's all about Ubuntu. 3D cards ship primarily on non-server machines (just
to avoid the word "desktop":), and that's the domain ruled by Ubuntu (and Red Flag in PRC). So
it's waiting until Ubuntu changes to nouveau to see any kind of traction.

I hope nouveau gets to a level soon where distros can default to it.
That doesn't mean it needs to have full complete super duper fast 3D; it means it needs to
have everything for a good destop (xrandr, composite etc) and maybe some basic 3D to make some
of the compiz fancy stuff work