Re: [coreboot] TALOS project short of funding goals - where to now?

2016-12-15 Thread Sam Kuper
On 14/12/2016, Timothy Pearson wrote: > Not everything can be created on a smart phone or tablet, and in > point of fact, _most_ things cannot. > > I understand that many users or developers of small projects don't need > powerful hardware, but please don't make

Re: [coreboot] TALOS project short of funding goals - where to now?

2016-12-14 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/14/2016 02:07 PM, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: >> 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

Re: [coreboot] TALOS project short of funding goals - where to now?

2016-12-14 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
> 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"?

Re: [coreboot] TALOS project short of funding goals - where to now?

2016-12-13 Thread Paul Menzel via coreboot
Dear Elena, Am Montag, den 12.12.2016, 14:50 +0100 schrieb Elena ``of Valhalla'': > On 2016-12-12 at 13:18:42 +0100, Łukasz Dobrowolski wrote: > > On 12/12/2016 03:27 AM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > > > (...) considering that the average linux sysadmin makes over > > > $100K per year the community

Re: [coreboot] TALOS project short of funding goals - where to now?

2016-12-12 Thread Łukasz Dobrowolski
On 12/12/2016 03:22 PM, Łukasz Dobrowolski wrote: > What is needed is a project that can meet it's target's needs. Well, novena did meet it's target and got funded. We need something that targets more people. Like sys admins who have a stationary PC + super mobile laptop. -- coreboot mailing

Re: [coreboot] TALOS project short of funding goals - where to now?

2016-12-12 Thread Łukasz Dobrowolski
On 12/12/2016 02:42 PM, Merlin Büge wrote: > There are people who really need that performance, e.g. for > various (open source) software / hardware development. I can see your > point and I presume you don't really need such a powerful workstation -- > me neither. But if you are working on big

Re: [coreboot] TALOS project short of funding goals - where to now?

2016-12-12 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2016-12-12 at 13:18:42 +0100, Łukasz Dobrowolski wrote: > On 12/12/2016 03:27 AM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > > (...) considering that the average linux sysadmin makes over $100K per year > > the community could have easily funded the project. > In Germany, US, France... Not in Poland, Ukraine...

Re: [coreboot] TALOS project short of funding goals - where to now?

2016-12-12 Thread Merlin Büge
On Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:18:42 +0100 Łukasz Dobrowolski wrote: > On 12/12/2016 03:27 AM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > > 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

Re: [coreboot] TALOS project short of funding goals - where to now?

2016-12-12 Thread Łukasz Dobrowolski
On 12/12/2016 03:27 AM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > 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? Maybe we

[coreboot] TALOS project short of funding goals - where to now?

2016-12-11 Thread taii...@gmx.com
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