Gregory writes: > Maybe someone should write a letter to Steam and say: > > Dear Steam, > > Given how Microsoft is trying to screw everyone this Xmas with > Windows 8, and seeing you had such bad luck with the Video blobs from > vendors, but good luck with the open source stuff...really only one > thing is missing. > > An open source card, which, you have a vested interested in helping fund > or develop with the community. > > If you please put on your Steam page a percentage of how much of the > profits for the Linux games goes to a Chip Foundry fund so you and the > community can get Graphics hardware with 3D capabilities that are > decent, we would wuv you.
Not a bad idea. All we need is someone with ueber diplomatic skills. Which isn't me, unfortunately. Anyone have ueber diplomatic skills? Anyone happen to be friends with people from Steam? Here's my feeble attempt: Dear Steam, We at the Open Graphics Project have read about the trouble Steam has been having with binary blobs, and your relative success with FLOSS. We are working on developing a graphics card that is completely documented, so that FLOSS OSes can have proper device drivers that work correctly. As you are doubtlessly aware, the lack of a properly documented graphics card is a major sore point in the FLOSS community. Sponsorship of a "Steam Powered" graphics card would generate an enormous amount of goodwill. We look forward to discussing the possibility of working together with you at your convenience. ------ Ok, perhaps some diplomatic wizard can fix that up. What do we need to do to prepare, in case they are actually interested? Will they want a demo of the OGD1? A detailed business plan? Something else? _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
