On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 9:02 PM, rhubbell <Rhubbell@ihubbell.com> wrote:

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> Yes, I'd like to see some pointers also.  I recall that there was
> discussion (might've been on linux kernel) a while ago about a
> partially-open video card.  Why doesn't the community support that?

You mean http://www.opengraphics.org ?
What makes you say that? How did *you* contribute?

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> I recall that price was a factor in lack of uptake.
> Seems to me that opensource is farsical if it runs on closesource hardware.
> So where's the opensource hardware? Seems like the new world order isn't
> going to allow that. The trend in hardware looks like a race to keep
> control.  Seems like we are going to be paying for the hardware but not
> owning; instead leasing.
>
> Or am I behind the times and there's salvation from some beneficent
> hardware maker in Taiwan?

Making hardware is a lot more difficult than writing software. So it takes
more resources and more skills. This is probably why there aren't so
many of them.

I'd recommend you read the wikipedia page:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_hardware_and_FOSS>


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Matthieu Herrb