On 7/5/07, Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > - Hardware not interesting to big companies
> >
> > Huh? Do you really want to tell big companies to go away?
> We're not saying that hardware isn't interesting to big companies.
> We're saying that the FOSS way opens up opportunities for smaller
> companies to produce hardware products that aren't as interesting to
> the bigger companies.
>
> How can we say this better?
Availability of documented chips enables small companies to create
niche products. This is good for consumers (more choice), good for
the small companies (more sales), and good for the company (e.g. TT)
selling the documented chips (more sales).
Concentrate on the positive, leave out the negative part (sale volume
of niche products might not be large enough to interest mega-corps).
Maybe even leave out the "small" in "small companies"?
How about "Lower barrier to entry"?
> > > - Greater self-sufficiency for FOSS community
> >
> > Again, this seems to be promoting us-vs-them thinking.
>
> Good point, although I do often feel animosity towards "evil big
> companies." How can we express the idea that we're trying to give the
> FOSS community some of their own open designs to work with without
> alienating the big guys?
Do you really need to express this idea in this talk? The FLOSS crowd
can probably figure it out for themselves.
No, I don't want to express this idea in the talk. I want to talk
about independence or self-sufficiency without driving a wedge.
--
Timothy Normand Miller
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti
Open Graphics Project
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