Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270753AbUJUPL4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:11:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270718AbUJUPIV (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:08:21 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.191]:24294 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270748AbUJUPF4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:05:56 -0400 Message-ID: <4177D06A.40308@corscience.de> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:06:18 +0200 From: Simon Braunschmidt User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Timothy Miller CC: LKML Mailinglist Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? References: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> <1098311393.15517.4.camel@localhost> <4177CD5A.8010309@techsource.com> In-Reply-To: <4177CD5A.8010309@techsource.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:8519ad80e38159671026452e53963bc3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1442 Lines: 35 Timothy Miller schrieb: > > > Kasper Sandberg wrote: > >> well.. while i like this idea, i doubt it is ever going to work, since >> 3d would probably be a requirement, and with stuff like nvidia around, i >> doubt most people would want to pay the money it would require, since >> ati and nvidia can smash out millions of cards, while it would probably >> be at best, a couple of thousands of these opensource cards that could >> be sold, i, for one would like to pay, however i dont think mainstream >> will... and as of for 2d only, well :| i kindof needs 3d :( >> but certainly a good idea, and maybe in future, if linux grows more >> used, it will actually be possible to do something real kicking ass ;) >> >> > > Perhaps typical end users are not our target market. Instead, maybe we > should be targeting companies that sell workstations and servers who > want something which maximized stability, regardless of the cost and > performance. > > If you're selling a $5000 workstation, you might be willing to pay $300 > for a graphics card that saves you thousands in customer support calls > that don't have to happen. > Is $300 with 3D in the class of geforce2/ati_r200? Simon - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/