VIA releases chipset documentation
VIA releases chipset documentation
Posted Nov 24, 2008 10:57 UTC (Mon) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)In reply to: VIA releases chipset documentation by obi
Parent article: VIA releases chipset documentation
There is no mysterious reason,
1. Via's best hardware opportunity is netbook, not laptop or desktop side,
2. Via botches its FLOSS Linux support,
3. Intel invests heavily in FLOSS Linux support
4. ~ 30% of netbook sales are Linux,
5. IHVs dump Via for Intel/Atom.
1. Via's best hardware opportunity is netbook, not laptop or desktop side,
2. Via botches its FLOSS Linux support,
3. Intel invests heavily in FLOSS Linux support
4. ~ 30% of netbook sales are Linux,
5. IHVs dump Via for Intel/Atom.
And now we see
6. Via discovers a new FLOSS religion and is trying to get itself supported Linux-side.