Please please please go totally opensource! Thanks!
Please don't make me want to switch to ati I've only bought nvidia up till now. If there are open source drivers I would only buy nvidia forever.
Owner of an nVidia 7300GT and soon a new 9 series.
Very good idea, looking forward to hear something from nVidia.
I'm just putting my two cents to the community
Please NVIDIA open the source.
The availability of open source drivers directly affects my purchasing decisions. And I help make purchasing decisions for many people.
open source !!!!!!! im a nvidia costumer f*ck give me what i paid for !
hear! hear!
There has to be a compromise.. A way to protect the IP and give programmers full control.
It's about time....
As a long time GPU customer and a stock holder, thank you
Yes!
This matters a lot to me! Please fix this problem nvidia. Please!
Do what's right and lets open things up...
Please open your drivers I use linux only. But have purchase ati for linux for the open drivers. But I was a big nvidia fan. I would like to go back.
Let the world know you care for the customers who buy your amazing products!
Nvidia hardware rocks, but the drivers are the only weak point in my system. If Linux crashes for me, it's almost inevitably caused by the binary Nvidia driver.
Respect to Nvidia for their great hardware. Would be very greatful for an equal amount of respect towards great open source software. A loyal customer.
nvidia: MAKE HISTOY!
It would be a great addition to the community if you open up the source!
Whats there to lose?
You have lots of loyal customers who swear by your products and would like to see greater support in open source OSes. By letting the community also step in, you would be able to achieve this in the long run.
Love your hardware - both video and MB. Long time Ubuntu user who would love more support. Thanks.
Your drivers for linux are the best right now, but if AMD and Intel's open-source drivers improve, you could be the only player without free drivers, and that could hurt your FOSS strategy.
I support this fully. While that's being done I wouldn't mind if the black window bug be fixed as well. It gets rather annoying.
Please and Thanks!
I don't know what I could add that hasn't already been said. Please release your drivers to the OS community!
Please! :)
At least give us ample documentation- we buy the products, it's your job to honor it.
How hard can it be? Really guys... I mean c'mon, we all want it!
Releasing an open source driver would be an excellent publicity stunt and give people even more reason for choosing Nvidia.
So much users - just release them
I've always bought Nvidia cards, not a single ATI card.
Please we need these drivers
nVidia drivers are good, but not great. Hopefully, turning them open will improve the quality.
NVIDIA, Just please open your goddamn source. I needz teh speedz. I mean really, OSS has it beat! Signed, a blackhat who wants Dx10 :(
Nvidia has always been my choice for graphics card, and your linux drivers have always been better than the competition. But being a long-term linux user, I forsee a point where AMD's release of graphics card specification for the purpose of developing open source linux drivers will create considerable in-roads in the linux market. Even at this point I find myself considering AMD/ATI solutions for this sole purpose. I hope that you'll consider this option as well, as I'd prefer to stick with nvidia on my workstations. Thank you.
hope you guys do this!
As a linux user I think this would be great. Software should be free! (in both ways)
Please, support the free exchange of software to encourage the sharing of knowledge. Your hardware is great, please let us use it.
Please support Open Source.
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would be a win/win for customers and nvidia
Well said.
Rock on.
this needs to be done!
I am a huge fan of nVidia graphics and a huge fan of Linux. Hopefully you can see through the antiquated business model of closed source drivers to combine the two.
let my code go!
NVIDIA would not exist without open source.
nVidia user since day 1, please make this dream come true! :)
I like Nvidia graphics cards alot more than ATI/AMD cards, but I am considering buying an ATI card because of the open source drivers.
please open the drivers
Hey, NVIDIA, c'mon. Seriously. if ATI is offering Open Source drivers, I may have to consider buying their cards instead. As a Linux user, I find it important to have drivers.
Please let me have Compiz with out the blob.
I'm fully planning on being a lifelong user of free software; the question is whether Nvidia products will be part of my thousands of dollars of future hardware purchases.
*signs name*
This is the reason why I do not buy NVIDIA products. If you should choose to release your specifications to the open source community, I would consider buying your products in the future.
don't make me switch to ATI once their open source stuff gets good! antonywilliams.com
Hells ya
I would truly like to commit to Linux as a superior product but have been limited by my choice to buy NVidia cards in the past. I haven't been able to make the switch yet because my graphics cards are all nvidia.
Propietary Drivers Suck!
NVIDIA, you really need to work better with Open-Source... It's really a pain using your drivers when theres no documentation or source to work with.
Current binary driver works well but with open source driver, it would even be better for the community.
Deffinately.