Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270718AbUJURdH (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:33:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270746AbUJUR2h (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:28:37 -0400 Received: from [209.195.52.120] ([209.195.52.120]:55231 "HELO warden2.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S270759AbUJURZs (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 13:25:48 -0400 From: David Lang To: Timothy Miller Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:25:35 -0700 (PDT) X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? In-Reply-To: <4177CBD5.2030003@techsource.com> Message-ID: References: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> <4177CBD5.2030003@techsource.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1775 Lines: 39 On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Timothy Miller wrote: > David Lang wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Timothy Miller wrote: >> >> since nobody has done this yet (for video cards anyeay) there is no proof >> one way or the other. > > Well, if Tech Source management decides that this project isn't worth the > effort, you'll have a small piece of circumstantial evidence that leans > toward "it's not viable". I personally want to find a way to make it work. > > To the open source community, this is a golden opportunity to directly > influence the design of a piece of hardware which fits their ideals. For me > personally, this is a golden opportunity to work on a project from which I'll > derive an immense amount of enjoyment. For both accounts, I'm desperate to > find a way to make it work. :) > Tim, in this case you are not just testing the openess idea, you are also testing the low-volume, high-cost, but flexible idea. and that idea has never had a large market you are in something of a catch-22 here. due to the risk you can only do things with a relativly small initial investment, but with a larger initial investment you could make much cheaper (and therefor much more popular) cards. where's a billionare looking to Do Good Things (TM) when you need one ;-) David Lang -- There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. -- C.A.R. Hoare - 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/