Reverse engineering: more than NVIDIA deserves?

> I suppose those are the same users that won't use
Adobe's flash player, or Adobe Reader

Vastly different context than kernel modules/closed hardware.

I use Skype, Flash, and (rarely but occasionally Acrobat Reader).  Although I would be
grateful for adequate Free alternatives, there is nowhere near the urgency of replacing those
as there is of replacing closed kernel modules.  Closed kernel modules have a good list of
practical disadvantages, including being tied to the vendor when you want to upgrade the
kernel or x.org.  If there's a problem, *only* the vendor can fix it, not the hundreds of
awesome kernel hackers.  And there are potential legal problems.

(Yes, I use the closed nVidia driver on my laptop now, but I'm not happy about it.  I'll
switch to Noveau when it's ready and I'm certainly buying ATi on my next computer.)

> Vendors who
want to pre-install Linux are unlikely to be put off by NVidia's proprietary driver.

Haven't you read the comments from the Dell Linux guy?  Dell now *actively* prefers hardware
with open specs, *even for systems they pre-install Windows on*!!!