Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270806AbUJUSsC (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:48:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270804AbUJUSeQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:34:16 -0400 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.206]:56490 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270785AbUJUScx (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:32:53 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=BLska30wp/zN5+cDUOI3ZfOshJhNiowl2NNfdCKusBXj0mCiXjBeA/bK0dScfgD0njgpLc9JaiiXm/ok2dVZMQl4pJSAs0Bq/t71Rq+rtfYwNNrjg2pfb42AI3i9ZPjYgm3pV3HapofexQQF2zDl/8QRalHKvnRI8XMCsf93o0g= Message-ID: <69304d110410211132569c3cde@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:32:52 +0200 From: Antonio Vargas Reply-To: Antonio Vargas To: Timothy Miller Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? Cc: David Lang , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <4177FCAA.4040907@techsource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <4176E08B.2050706@techsource.com> <4177CBD5.2030003@techsource.com> <4177FCAA.4040907@techsource.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2235 Lines: 58 On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:15:06 -0400, Timothy Miller wrote: > > > David Lang wrote: > > 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 ;-) > > > Yeah! I wonder if there are any rich investors reading this right now > who would like to invest in this project. :) > > I'm sure the CEO would be elated to have that happen! :) > > Based on past experience, I think a few million dollars would do it. :) I'd gladly pay $200 to have a hackable display device which I could plug into x86, amd64, ppc and m68k boxes :) [ goes back to remeber the "golden days" of having video hardware info ] -- Greetz, Antonio Vargas (aka winden of network) - 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/