Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable?

[Antonio Vargas]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:15:06 -0400, Timothy Miller
<miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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)
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