Sounds good. I like Nicolas's idea. Xiaohan
2011/5/17 Nicolas Boulay <[email protected]> > Have you study how the milkymist project have grown ? The project has > been done mainly by a single guy : Sébastien Bourdeauducq. He first > design the verilog model in an open source way, which was the most > time consuming task (5 years ?). When the design is ready, it could > make an affordable product (400€) that could be reprogram by any one, > by the use of spartan device that is include in the xilinx free web > kit. > > http://www.milkymist.org/ > > So it first began with the design, then the fpga became cheap enough > to be include in web kit, then a fully workable product could be sell, > to raise enough money for a custom chip. It use less money, and more > people could be involve. > > Regards, > Nicolas > > 2011/5/16 Timothy Normand Miller <[email protected]>: > > Dear OGP members, > > > > Andre Pouliot and I have been strugging with the problem of how to > > make the OGP productive again. The OGP has made a lot of > > accomplishments, but activity has been dead for quite a while now. We > > believe that part of the problem has been how we tried to go about > > funding development. It was all wrong, because we shot too high with > > OGD1, and we couldn't afford to go into production until after > > interest had waned considerably. Some serious restructuring is > > necessary, and we've been working on a plan for that. In short, we > > need a way to create cash flow to fund hardware production, and we > > believe we have come up with a solution that includes every > > contributor in both the design and economic aspects. We will spread > > out the cost burden, spread out the profit among contributors, and > > invest in less ambitious projects, with broader appeal. At the > > moment, the plan is about 75% baked, and we want to make sure it's > > very clear and logical before we publish it. For that, we'd like some > > feedback from a small number of people who would be willing to look at > > it in confidence. Once it's finalized, we'll publish it. The next > > problem is that we need a web site upon which we can implement some of > > the automated aspects of this plan. Here, we lack expertise. Even > > before that, we will need to have the front page up, with basic > > information. > > > > So, in short, we're asking for these kinds of volunteers: > > > > - Planners and architects willing to carefully consider the plan we're > > writing up and assist with expressing it well. > > - Web designers willing to construct and maintain the web site, > > ultimately implementing the heart of the plan in software. > > > > BTW, we need a small number at first to look at the plan. We need to > > avoid having too many cooks in the kitchen. We want an idea that's > > good, not one that's perfect. Too much feedback, and it'll never get > > off the ground. That's why we're not publishing openly early. > > > > > > -- > > Timothy Normand Miller > > http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti > > Open Graphics Project > > _______________________________________________ > > Open-graphics mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) >
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