On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 16:03 -0700, Stewart Stremler wrote: > begin quoting Lan Barnes as of Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 03:46:36PM -0700: > > > > On Tue, March 27, 2007 3:30 pm, Paul G. Allen wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 16:00 -0700, Paul Allen wrote: > > >> Hello all, > > >> This may be a little OT, but then again I see potential uses with Linux > > >> (in fact, I have one in the works). QUAKE Global, the company I work > > >> for, has developed a new controller. It is now in the final development > > >> stages and we will begin shipping the product sometime within the next > > >> couple of months (schedule has engineering prototypes shipping by the > > >> first week of April). We're looking at providing this product as an OTS > > >> consumer product, but the question is if there is a market and how big? > > > > > > Only a few comments on this? Not really even anything negative (about > > > the product ;) )? > > > > > > Well, I guess this experiment is a bust. > > > > Hey! Not fair! It's hard to respond to something like this when you don't > > know how much, how big, capabilities, API, all that other stuff. > > Yeah!
Can't give out API info if the API docs aren't finished. I can say that the API will support whatever capabilities the unit has. It's a little computer, with an embedded file system and I/O > > Not willing to tell me a (ballpark) price? Obviously I can't afford it. I did. Current target is $150. We hope to have it lower. > > Not willing to tell me a (ballpark) size? I probably can't use it on my > bike. I did. 1.5"x1.5"x .5". > > Etc. etc. > > > Pass a few out at a linux show like the free X-10's and in short order > > geeks will be attaching them to their cars, skateboards, children, cats > > ... who knows what we'd be doing with them? > We do pass stuff out at our own shows. We'll see what happens this year. I think if we're going to have an entry into the consumer market, then we need to participate in consumer shows. I'll make a note to bring this up at the weekly meeting on Thur. morning. PGA -- The information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul G. Allen Software Engineer BSIT/SE Quake Global, Inc. 858-277-7290 x285 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
