VIA Appoints An Open-Source Liaison

[Vadi]

Congratulations to them on their move. Shows that while the company has difficulties grasping open-source, they do have business wit (and that is - hire an expert who knows how to do it).

I hope it pays off for them, and the customers.

[RealNC]

There's a big market waiting for Via in Linux. Many Linux users are not interested in "leet" performance monsters to run games, but rather prefer non-expensive, power-saving and silent hardware. Those things are the main focus of VIA, no?

It makes sense for them to fully support Linux.

[Vadi]

I'd say more people on windows are interested in the non-expensive cards than on linux really

[RobbieAB]

Not really, less people on windows can manage with minimal CPU power and 2D graphics these days.

Vista needs so much more hardware...

[RealNC]

I'd say more people on windows are interested in the non-expensive cards than on linux really

More people on Windows are interested in everything than on Linux

A Linux box where you can safely browse the web, use email, write letters, watch videos, listen to your music and such is a good market. Most people I know who use Linux use it that way. Only few are after 3D and CPU hungry things (x264 for example.)