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Interview: Timothy Miller (KernelTrap.org)
Jeremy Andrews interviews Timothy
Miller, of the Open Graphics Project, on KernelTrap.org.
"Timothy Miller is a long time developer of graphics chips and
drivers. He has observed that there is a growing trend by graphics hardware
vendors to provide less and less information to free and open source
operating system developers. Without this information, it is becoming more
and more difficult to purchase new graphics hardware that is stable and
reliable on Linux and other free and open source operating systems. In
response, Timothy worked with his employer, Tech Source, to form the Open
Graphics Project."
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Interview: Timothy Miller (KernelTrap.org) Posted Jan 26, 2005 8:11 UTC (Wed) by aleXXX (subscriber, #2742) [Link] This is so cool.Although it won't be the fastest card around, this card will have the *unique* feature to provide good 3D performance under linux/BSD/... with "native" drivers, no binary modules, no manual installation, etc. So if this card will become reality this will be basically the number one choice for any linux/BSD/... box, without real alternatives.
Bye
Interview: Timothy Miller (KernelTrap.org) Posted Jan 26, 2005 13:08 UTC (Wed) by tyhik (subscriber, #14747) [Link] This is very cool indeed. However, I am concerned about software patents going to kill this project.
Patent Paper Tiger Posted Jan 26, 2005 15:38 UTC (Wed) by GreyWizard (subscriber, #1026) [Link] Surely that's possible but I doubt it will actually happen. Remember that this will not be a state of the art card. What ATI and NVIDIA offer will certainly be substantially more powerful graphics cards, so they have little incentive to bother with anticompetitive behavior for the same reason they have little incentive to create drivers for FreeBSD on x86 or Linux on PPC in the first place.
Someday, if the Open Graphic Project produces something with state-of-the-art features at a reasonable price point (a big if) the large vendors might try something underhanded, but by that point the Open Graphics Project would have a large user base and easy access to funding for legal defense. Between that, the possibility of defensive patents and the public outcry that would certainly result the consequences might not be worthwhile.
Patent Paper Tiger Posted Jan 26, 2005 22:32 UTC (Wed) by dsime (guest, #5764) [Link] Please recall that SGI sold thier graphics IP to MS.I believe that they also own a chunk of NVidia
Patent Paper Tiger Posted Jan 27, 2005 18:06 UTC (Thu) by GreyWizard (subscriber, #1026) [Link] This is the first I've heard of that. Do you have any links to press articles on this?
Patent Paper Tiger Posted Feb 3, 2005 4:32 UTC (Thu) by roelofs (subscriber, #2599) [Link] This is the first I've heard of that. Do you have any links to press articles on this?Yoinks--ancient history, man! As in, three years ago, judging by the Register's URL:
Y! search link I'm not sure about the SGI ownership issue, but it wouldn't surprise me, given that NVIDIA was founded by a bunch of SGI folks (and SGI sued NVIDIA over it at some point, IIRC--don't remember if there was a settlement or if they just dropped it, nor do I recall whether it was over patents, trade secrets, or employment contracts). Greg
Interview: Timothy Miller (KernelTrap.org) Posted Jan 26, 2005 16:21 UTC (Wed) by TimCunningham (guest, #10316) [Link] Wow, that's awesome. I'd pay $200 for that, even if it had the 3d performance of a $50 proprietary card.
Interview: Timothy Miller (KernelTrap.org) Posted Jan 27, 2005 8:18 UTC (Thu) by a_hippie (guest, #34) [Link] I am already willing to buy at least 4 of these cards the first day they are ready for market!
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