> The coreboot project is pretty much dead in the water without it, *the only real choices for further development are either* *> super low power crappy ARM devices* or always going to be expensive IBM/TYAN POWER servers, so what do we do?
What is wrong with "super low power crappy ARM devices"? Do you realize that almost ALL Qualcomm/Mediatek/Samsung ARM SoCs for Android smart phones are falling in this category? Or maybe not? And do you know that 99.999% of this "crappy" devices are using U-Boot? U-Boot out of (these days) DENX Software Engineering GmbH (Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk)? BTW what is your definition of: *"super low power crappy ARM devices"* ??? Floor all yours! :-) Thank you, Zoran On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 3:27 AM, taii...@gmx.com <taii...@gmx.com> wrote: > I am incredibly sad that TALOS has not gotten the required cash flow, > short of a miracle in the next few days. > > The coreboot project is pretty much dead in the water without it, the only > real choices for further development are either super low power crappy ARM > devices or always going to be expensive IBM/TYAN POWER servers, so what do > we do? > > I am wondering, how come they didn't bark up some government or corporate > trees for TALOS funding? AFIAK there are various government agencies > interested in secure hardware and assured computing; I have always wondered > what the NSA uses for their own computing needs, maybe they paid intel for > firmware source code and a system that doesn't need ME to run. > > The way things are going: > +10 years - Microsoft and Intel have announced the "PrivaSec" initiative, > aimed at producing a secure vertically intergrated computing platform where > firmware agents prohibit the execution of unapproved programs - protecting > your data from unauthorized access. > > +20 years - We're sorry, but the GlobeX Trade Agreement and the Secure > Communities act of 2035 prohibit the viewing, copying or transmission of > this file - Further violations may result in fine, arrest and or the > revocation of your work permit and internet operators license. > > > Thoughts: > It seems that so many linux people just don't really care about libre > anything, considering that the average linux sysadmin makes over $100K per > year the community could have easily funded the project. > > These days there are a lot more people with skills, but without the > computer enthusiast/hacker culture of the 90's, the kind of hypocritical > people who use a macbook, facebook, etc but who chide me for saying that > working for the government is not at all immoral. > > If I wasn't unemployed I would happily pay $5K for a high performance > libre computer, but not everyone is me. > > People went nuts for the faux libre purism laptop but talos gets hardly > any comparative publicity/hype - why? - "We'll get intel to open up ME one > day, we promise!" > > > -- > coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org > https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot >
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