> > Having 'open' RTL is a enormously cool and awesome bonus, but it's just > > that. To be entirely honest, if nVidia and ATi were to turn around > > tomorrow and say, "From now on all of our interface specs will be freely > > released to anyone who wants them, here they are," Traversal and the OGP > > would be out of business. > > This is something OGP needs to be careful about though. Is it a > business plan, or is it a wedge to force the hand of proprietary vendors > to become more open? Confusing ideology with business strategy can lead > to disaster. So the event NVIDIA/ATI suddenly decide to become friendly > to developers, while indisputably a positive change, should be viewed as > a contingency and planned for in the context of the project plan.
Yes this is a risk. But what are the odds of this actually happening? Allegedly they "can't" release docs because they include 3rd party tech and are legally required to keep it secret. Put it on the list of risks. Review the list just before signing the PO for a gazillion ASICs. But it is not the biggest problem. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
