Re: [LAU] New processor purchase, AMD

From: Gabriel M. Beddingfield <gabrbedd@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon Dec 06 2010 - 17:53:26 EET

> On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 09:47:41PM +0100, rosea.grammostola wrote:
>> AMD seems to be more opensource friendly?

I disagree. While AMD has a good track record with free
software... so does Intel:

1. Nearly all of their wireless drivers are free,
    and have been for a long time. (..with small
    arguments about the firmware...) They are also
    developed in a fairly open manner.

2. Their graphics drivers are free, especially
    the newer ones... and they're developed in
    a fairly open manner.

3. Nearly all of their compilers and developer
    tools run on Linux.

4. They (along with Nokia) are bank-rolling the
    MeeGo project. It is also being developed in
    an open manner with an emphasis on getting
    free code into upstream.

-gabriel

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