Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:32:52 +0200 | From | Antonio Vargas <> | Subject | Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? |
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:15:06 -0400, Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com> 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 ]
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