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Re: [opensuse] vote on Lenovo

Subject: Re: [opensuse] vote on Lenovo
From: Steve Lamb
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:05:07 -0700
Wulfy wrote:
>  As far as I can see, the only way this would 
> hurt them is if there were a video card with open source, accelerated 
> driver available, which we could purchase *instead* of their hardware.  
> I don't know of any such hardware.

     You're also thinking too narrowly.  These are laptops we're talking 
about.  Video is not the only proprietary piece if equipment in a laptop. 
Sound, pointing device, networking device, all of them are often proprietary 
to fit the demanding form factor.

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