AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux

[Dotan Cohen]

I wrote to AMD regarding the state of ATI Linux drivers and the
company's view of the Linux community. This is the response I got:

"Thanks - could you contact us again in July?  We're reviewing our Linux
strategy right now, so anything I tell you know could be out of date in
weeks."

You can read the whole message here:
http://dotancohen.com/eng/linux_compatibility.php
Feel free to Digg or /. it.

Friends, NOW is the time to contact AMD and to let them know that we
need their support. Please, write to them, call them, now is the time.
Even for those who don't use AMD products, the precedent set here will
most certainly echo throughout the hardware world. Take the 5 minutes
and convince AMD that the Linux community cannot be ignored.

Note: I have posted this letter to several mailing lists. Those who
know me from those lists will know that I don't, as a rule, crosspost.
However, I felt this to be important enough to cross the line and
crosspost to the lists I felt would be interested.

Dotan Cohen

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Hi Dotan,

it is remarkable, that you got an answer from someone who's actually
informed of political decision processes at AMD.
I'd like to follow your example. Thus, it would be helpful if you
provided the email address or specific web address to post to.

Thanks,
Martin.

Dotan Cohen wrote:

> I wrote to AMD regarding the state of ATI Linux drivers and the
> company's view of the Linux community. This is the response I got:
>
> "Thanks - could you contact us again in July?  We're reviewing our Linux
> strategy right now, so anything I tell you know could be out of date in
> weeks."
>
> You can read the whole message here:
> http://dotancohen.com/eng/linux_compatibility.php
> Feel free to Digg or /. it.
>
> Friends, NOW is the time to contact AMD and to let them know that we
> need their support. Please, write to them, call them, now is the time.
> Even for those who don't use AMD products, the precedent set here will
> most certainly echo throughout the hardware world. Take the 5 minutes
> and convince AMD that the Linux community cannot be ignored.
>
> Note: I have posted this letter to several mailing lists. Those who
> know me from those lists will know that I don't, as a rule, crosspost.
> However, I felt this to be important enough to cross the line and
> crosspost to the lists I felt would be interested.
>
> Dotan Cohen
>
> http://lyricslist.com/
> http://what-is-what.com/
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[Stefan Grosse-2]

Sorry but I think that Dotan mail is pretty close to spam...

Stefan

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Subject: Re:[Digikam-users] AMD deciding _now_ what to do about Linux
From: Martin Schmettow <[hidden email]>
To: digiKam - Digital Photo Management for the masses
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Date: 18.06.2007 19:03

> Hi Dotan,
>
> it is remarkable, that you got an answer from someone who's actually
> informed of political decision processes at AMD.
> I'd like to follow your example. Thus, it would be helpful if you
> provided the email address or specific web address to post to.
>
> Thanks,
> Martin.
>
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> I wrote to AMD regarding the state of ATI Linux drivers and the
>> company's view of the Linux community. This is the response I got:

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[Dotan Cohen]

On 18/06/07, Stefan Grosse <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Sorry but I think that Dotan mail is pretty close to spam...
>
> Stefan
>
> > Hi Dotan,
> >
> > it is remarkable, that you got an answer from someone who's actually
> > informed of political decision processes at AMD.
> > I'd like to follow your example. Thus, it would be helpful if you
> > provided the email address or specific web address to post to.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Martin.

Sorry for the late reply. I didn't feel that this was spamming the
list as anybody using DigiKam is obviously using a graphical Linux
application. Much of that functionality comes from the graphics card.

Martin, AMD's contact info can be found here:
http://ati.amd.com/companyinfo/contact/index.html

Dotan Cohen
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