I agree with you. We really are a hypocritical bunch. This move may have essentially alienated any new hardware maker from making open source drivers. They too

I agree with you. We really are a hypocritical bunch. This move may have essentially alienated any new hardware maker from making open source drivers. They too may go the closed source, taped together with a HAL way and that's not good for the long run. This essentially gives a nod to the way Nvidia's been treating Linux.