So why not just flat out donate right now. I am sure that you can donate to someone on this list that could be trusted to get the money where it belongs.
After all there is no point in making everyone pay. And yeah this is starting to sound a bit like closed source stuff, but there is no reason why everyone has to pay for someones drivers when they do not need them. On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:29 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > IMHO, many people will pay a few dollars more for BBB hardware to cover > for a software professional salary. > Do not let the BBB die. > > > On Sunday, January 5, 2014 11:35:34 AM UTC+11, William Hermans wrote: > >> Personally, I'd rather that TI kept their sticky paws off of the >> development as much as possible. Watching the SGX/DRM driver progression >> should be warning enough. >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 5:24 PM, John Syne <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> From: Anguel <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>> >>> Date: Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 3:09 PM >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Cc: <[email protected]> >>> >>> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Angstrom Abandoned for BBB? Rumor + a Rant >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, January 4, 2014 3:20:07 PM UTC+1, Jason Kridner wrote: >>>> >>>> We are working with Robert Nelson's Debian images to try to produce an >>>> out-of-box experience on par with the Angstrom images. Once we have a >>>> few more features in, namely an updated Cloud9 IDE that works with >>>> node 0.10, then we'll push out a beta image broadly for testing. >>> >>> >>> It is good news that you are working with Robert on Debian. IMHO this is >>> the way to go. Robert is doing so much for the BBB community. TI should >>> support him in every way they can. >>> It is a fact that BBB developer resources are extremely limited. So >>> efforts should really concentrate on getting the serious stuff working >>> properly, I mean the basic things a serious developer needs: kernel + >>> stability + Qt, because Linux is used for touch GUIs, not as a desktop >>> replacement. >>> For me Linux Desktops, Cloud9, USB networking etc. is just a big waste >>> of precious development time, unless the intention is to fool new customers >>> that the BBB is something easy to use. This is definitely not the case and >>> will never be! Just have a look at all the posts in this thread. >>> >>> Actually, Cloud9 together with DojoToolKit is amazing for developing Web >>> based GUI. Using websockets makes the GUI very responsive. >>> >>> >>> >>> The LCD Cape vendors should push support for their hardware into >>>> https://github.com/beagleboard/kernel and >>>> https://github.com/beagleboard/cape-firmware. CircuitCo does so. >>>> Github pull requests are the best way to do so. >>>> >>> >>> The problem with touch was that someone ported the ADC / touchscreen >>> stuff from an upcoming TI kernel to the 3.8 kernel and some things broke. >>> Then this somebody just did not have the time to fix the bugs and they >>> stayed there. I already discussed this in another thread. >>> >>> Use Capacitive based touchscreen. These interface via USB. >>> >>> >>> >>> Anguel >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
