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From: John Griessen<john_g@c...>
Date: Wed Aug 1 17:05:35 CEST 2007
Subject: [oc] future of open source fpga design tools
Shawn Tan wrote:
> On Tuesday 31 July 2007 09:50:30 Günter Dannoritzer wrote:
>> Also most of the people are Electrical Engineers and not Software
>> Engineers and it is hard to convince a Software Engineer to develop a
>> software as open source that s/he will probably never use him/her self.
>
> I think that you've pretty much nailed it there. However, this applies to a
> grass root movement to produce an Open Source tool. There is another
> possibility, such as an existing tool vendor, opening up their source code.
>
> They could potentially use some form of dual-license for hobby/academic versus
> commercial use. They can also isolate the proprietary bits and open up only
> some parts of the software.
>
> This could happen for FPGA vendors as their main business is selling chips.
> Opening software up can increase community participation, reduce maintenance
> costs and generate good will, which may help them sell more chips. I see this
> happening eventually.
I think the Slipway demo board and any new project rumored by Mr. Magacz to be
"well under way" will help a lot by showing unique function is possible by fine
grained access to the P&R functions of FPGAs. I have one person interested in
a copy of a slipway board -- I'm amking a run of them -- anyone else?
John Griessen
Ecosensory
(Systems engineerand software user. EE mostly -- Software Engineer only slightly)
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