On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Gareth Hughes wrote:
> My association with VA Linux Systems came to and end last week. Many of
> you will not know that I was never actually an employee of Precision
> Insight or VA. I started at PI as a contractor, with the expectation
> that once US work visa issues were resolved I'd relocate from Australia
> and come on as a full-time employee. Of course, the acquisition of PI
> by VA happened during this time, which made things slightly more complex
> than I had hoped.
>
> Unfortunately, due to circumstances I will not go into here, I never
> actually became an employee of VA and my contract was cancelled at the
> end of last month.
>
> What does this mean with respect to the DRI and Mesa projects? At the
> very least, I am going to take a well-earned break from things, and put
> aside all of my recent work on the DRM, Mesa 3.5 and the various
> drivers. Some of the work that's nearing completion (backwards
> compatibility stuff in the DRM in particular) will be handed over to VA,
> but I've stopped working on everything else.
>
> This break may very well turn into a permanant thing, and if that is the
> case I wish everyone the best of luck, it has been great working on Mesa
> and the drivers for the last year or two. I will certainly follow
> progress with interest no matter what happens.
>
> Oh yeah, and this is my permanent email address as well, for those who
> want it.
Well it's a shame all around. Thanks for all the work you've put into
this. I've frequently wondered though how XFree86 can be strategic for a
company that doesn't even sell proper workstations, and whose balance
sheet looks worse every time it is (re)stated.
If ATI (or Matrox or sgi or red hat) have their heads wired
properly, your phone is already ringing.
Regards,
Jeffrey Baker
A DRI user without enough talent to work on it
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