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From: Antonio Vargas <windenntw@gmail.com>
To: Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com>
Cc: David Lang <david.lang@digitalinsight.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable?
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:32:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <69304d110410211132569c3cde@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4177FCAA.4040907@techsource.com>

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 ]


-- 
Greetz, Antonio Vargas (aka winden of network)

  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-21 18:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 165+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-20 22:02 HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? Timothy Miller
2004-10-20 22:17 ` Andre Eisenbach
2004-10-21  1:31   ` Jon Valvatne
2004-10-21 16:09     ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-24 19:47     ` Pavel Machek
2004-10-20 22:19 ` HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? [u] Martin Schlemmer [c]
2004-10-24  8:24   ` Tonnerre
2004-10-24 14:26     ` Martin Schlemmer [c]
2004-10-20 22:26 ` HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? David Lang
2004-10-21 14:46   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 17:25     ` David Lang
2004-10-21 18:15       ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 18:32         ` Antonio Vargas [this message]
2004-10-22  9:53       ` Raphael Jacquot
2004-10-24  9:03       ` Tonnerre
2004-10-25  1:33         ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-25  1:48           ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-25  2:29           ` Gene Heskett
2004-10-22 10:16     ` Christian Leber
2004-10-22 17:31       ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 19:30   ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-22 17:05     ` Tobias Diedrich
2004-10-22 17:12     ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-26  2:36     ` Dave Airlie
2004-10-26  3:55       ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-20 22:28 ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-21 14:51   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 22:03     ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-20 22:29 ` Kasper Sandberg
2004-10-21 14:53   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:06     ` Simon Braunschmidt
2004-10-21 18:00       ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-20 23:10 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 15:10   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:25     ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21 18:03       ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:32     ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 19:30   ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-22 17:15     ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21  1:08 ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21  1:11   ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21  2:00     ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-21 16:08       ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 16:34         ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-21 23:38           ` Jan Knutar
2004-10-22  4:30             ` Jan Rychter
2004-10-22 17:00             ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 17:00               ` Chris Friesen
2004-10-22 18:47               ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 19:22                 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 19:33                   ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 19:56                     ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 20:43                       ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 20:27                         ` Alan Cox
2004-10-23 17:20                           ` Francois Romieu
2004-10-23 21:17                             ` Alan Cox
2004-10-24  0:06                               ` Francois Romieu
2004-10-22 20:51                       ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-22 19:32                 ` Roland Dreier
2004-10-24 10:40               ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-25 15:39                 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 21:57         ` J.A. Magallon
2004-10-22  9:48         ` Raphael Jacquot
2004-10-21 20:23       ` "Fernando O. Korndörfer"
2004-10-22  9:02       ` Raphael Jacquot
2004-10-21 15:13   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:36     ` Shaun Kruger
2004-10-21 18:05       ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 19:30   ` Kendall Bennett
2004-10-22  8:49     ` Adrian Cox
2004-10-22 20:10       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-23 13:17         ` Adrian Cox
2004-10-22 20:10   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-22 22:07     ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-24 10:45       ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-25 15:47         ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-28  9:07           ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-29 16:00             ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21  1:48 ` HARDWARE:Graphics Cards or TOE? Nuno Silva
2004-10-26 20:50   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21  2:29 ` HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable? Kurt Wall
2004-10-21 16:10   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 16:22     ` Pascal Patry
2004-10-21 12:20 ` Adrian Bunk
2004-10-21 13:14   ` Simon Braunschmidt
2004-10-21 17:34     ` Jurriaan
2004-10-21 16:26   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 17:42     ` Alan Cox
2004-10-21 19:09       ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 17:53 ` Tobias Diedrich
2004-10-21 23:02 ` Florian Schmidt
2004-10-24  1:04   ` Lee Revell
2004-10-22  1:08 ` Rene Herman
2004-10-23  5:40   ` Kevin Puetz
2004-10-23 17:02     ` Rene Herman
2004-10-23 22:19       ` Lee Revell
2004-10-24 11:10         ` Rene Herman
2004-10-22 10:57 ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-22 19:47   ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-10-22 20:15     ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-10-25 15:29   ` Tonnerre
2004-10-25 15:53     ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-25 16:32       ` Giuliano Pochini
2004-10-28  9:37         ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-28 11:40           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-28 12:21           ` David Greaves
2004-10-29 16:04           ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 22:27 ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2004-10-23 14:36 ` Markus   Törnqvist
2004-10-24  8:18 ` Tonnerre
2004-10-25 11:54 ` Stuart Longland
2004-10-25 16:38 ` Lars Roland
2004-10-25 17:08   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-26 21:02     ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-26 21:38       ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-25 22:52   ` Tonnerre
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-10-20 23:48 Timothy Miller
2004-10-21  0:30 ` J.A. Magallon
2004-10-21  0:47   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 20:09   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-10-21  1:25 ` Zan Lynx
2004-10-21 15:52   ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21  4:48 Albert Cahalan
2004-10-21 16:19 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 15:54 John Ripley
2004-10-21 18:09 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 21:32   ` Baruch Even
2004-10-25 23:30     ` Werner Almesberger
2004-10-21 17:08 Greg Buchholz
2004-10-22  2:18 ` Tim Connors
2004-10-21 17:44 John Ripley
2004-10-21 18:26 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 21:36   ` Greg Buchholz
2004-10-21 22:40     ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-21 23:25       ` Jon Smirl
2004-10-21 23:40       ` Greg Buchholz
2004-10-22 16:48         ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 16:50           ` Chris Friesen
2004-10-22 17:41             ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-25 23:10             ` Tonnerre
2004-10-26  0:32     ` Werner Almesberger
2004-10-22 15:59   ` Troy Benjegerdes
2004-10-22  3:47 Roy Butler
2004-10-22 17:04 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-24 18:17   ` Mail Lists
2004-10-25 12:17     ` Bernd Eckenfels
2004-10-22 10:31 John Ripley
2004-10-22 12:58 ` Moritz Muehlenhoff
2004-10-22 17:33 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-22 17:15 Stephen Lewis
2004-10-23  4:45 ` Gene Heskett
2004-10-23  7:06   ` Stephen Lewis
2004-10-23 19:06 Bodo Eggert
2004-10-25  1:44 ` Stephen Wille Padnos
2004-10-25  8:23   ` Vojtech Pavlik
     [not found] <6.1.2.0.1.20041026082223.0231edd8@mail.javagear.com>
2004-10-26 15:44 ` Timothy Miller
2004-10-26 16:35   ` Jesper Juhl
2004-10-26 16:57     ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-26 21:14   ` Helge Hafting
2004-10-26 21:41     ` Timothy Miller
2004-11-17 14:35 Sid Boyce
2004-11-17 14:46 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-11-23 13:47 ` Karel Kulhavy
2004-11-23 22:48 ` Timothy Miller
2004-11-24  1:22   ` Sid Boyce

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