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On 12/14/2016 02:07 PM, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote:
The coreboot project is pretty much dead in the water without it, */
the only real choices for further development are either /* */ > super low power crappy ARM devices /* or always going to be expensive IBM/TYAN POWER servers, so what do we do?
What is wrong with "super low power crappy ARM devices"?
I'll take this particular question in isolation. If this is the only type of computer available that does not require proprietary software to function, then everyone should probably stop using a number of prominent open source projects such as LibreOffice, Chromium, Firefox, Xorg, KDE, Gnome, and the GIMP, among others. Open source hardware is also out due to the processing power required to effectively design anything more complex than a SoC breakout board or microprocessor board. Under the proposed conditions, these software packages and hardware designs effectively require proprietary systems and software for development, and therefore run contrary to normal libre software philosophy.
On our end, we consider this unacceptable, which is why we have been working to provide powerful hardware for people doing real development work. Not everything can be created on a smart phone or tablet, and in point of fact, _most_ things cannot.
I understand that many users or developers of small projects don't need powerful hardware, but please don't make the grave mistake of assuming that everything will continue as-is on the development side if said hardware is not available.
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