Vista?

Quoting ATI on driver issues is laughable, like their drivers. Funny Nvidia had no problem, that I heard of? Wheres similar quotes from Nvidia, Intel or Matrox? Course this does require one dig all the way to some .ac.nz site.... Appears to be a Linux loving, Microsoft basher.

“Drivers must be extra-robust. Requires additional driver development to isolate and protect sensitive code paths” — ATI.
“Cannot go to market until it works to specification... potentially more respins of hardware” — ATI.
“This increases motherboard design costs, increases lead times, and reduces OEM configuration flexibility. This cost is passed on to purchasers of multimedia PCs and may delay availability of high-performance platforms ” — ATI.
“We've taken on more legal costs in copyright protection in the last six to eight months than we have in any previous engagement. Each legal contract sets a new precedent, and each new one builds on the previous one” — ATI.
“Since [encryption] uses CPU cycles, an OEM may have to bump the speed grade on the CPU to maintain equivalent multimedia performance. This cost is passed on to purchasers of multimedia PCs” — ATI.
“Compliance rules require [content] to be encrypted. This requires additional encryption/decryption logic thus adding to VPU costs. This cost is passed on to all consumers” — ATI.
“The PC industry is committed to providing content protection on the PC, but nothing comes for free. These costs are passed on to the consumer” — ATI.


In case the above hints aren't obvious enough, if you work for nVidia, ATI, VIA, SiS, Intel, ..., I'd really like to get your comments on how all of this is affecting you).

Im guessing they didnt contact him to be quoted on his ATI rants.


This is just Microsoft-bashing.
It's bad-technology bashing. If this had been done by Linus Torvalds, Steve Jobs, Alan Cox, or Theo de Raadt, I'd have said the same thing about it. As far as I'm concerned computers are tools to get a job done and not a platform for religious wars, and if something's bad I'll say so regardless of who's doing it. Just for the record I run various versions of Windows on ... [counting] ... seven of my machines (the rest are a mixture of Linux, FreeBSD, and occasionally Solaris), so I'd be a rather unlikely Microsoft detractor if I have their software all over my machines.

Sure, sounds like the guy who says, im not racist, i have black friends. This is a Linux user rant, nothing more.

This document was put together with input from various sources, including a number that requested that I keep their contributions anonymous (in some cases I've simplified or rewritten some details to ensure that the original, potentially traceable wording of non-public documents isn't used). Because it wasn't always possible to go back to the sources and verify exact details, it's possible that there may be some inaccuracies present, which I'm sure I'll hear about. No doubt Microsoft (who won't want a view of Vista as being broken by design to take root) will also provide their spin on the details.

LOL, top secret sources. Except ATI quotes. We know he simplified and rewrote details, probaly the ones he didnt like.