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VIA releases open source Xorg driver

VIA releases open source Xorg driver

Posted Aug 29, 2008 22:08 UTC (Fri) by wblew (subscriber, #39088)
In reply to: VIA releases open source Xorg driver by mstefani
Parent article: VIA releases open source Xorg driver

Agreed, on the cultural differences. I think that the barriers spoken of are real, and tangible. IMO to pretend that they do not exist, is somewhat naive.


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VIA releases open source Xorg driver

Posted Aug 29, 2008 22:37 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

Which is why VIA was wise to hire Harald Welte to help with the communication and getting the code merged. Other companies would be wise to do the same (hire experienced open source people to help bridge the cultural gap).

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