On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:05:21PM -0700, Vlad wrote:
The OpenGraphics project (http://OpenGraphics.org, http://www.TraversalTech.com) has people with extensive knowledge in hardware manufacturing and a desire to create hardware with completely open specifications.
While there's people like that also on this list this is a good point and something to keep in mind if and when we want to produce something.
They have been discussing the possibility of making products other than graphics cards in order to generate capital.
The problem with most if not all products that would be used for/with LinuxBIOS is that they either have a very small market or must reach a very low target price, which means there is little to no capital to be gained from the process. Indeed I think the problem with the product ideas we've had so far is that of financing the production rather than the technical knowledge needed. It's just really expensive to make stuff. :(
(And then there's sales and distribution if it's a consumer product rather than developer product.)
//Peter