[Open-graphics] about kerneltrap annouce

[Timothy Miller]

On 2/28/06, nico at seul.org <nico at seul.org> wrote:
> >From kerneltrap :
>
> "We would like to take pre-orders now, and we can start taking regular
> orders when the first populated boards are finished. Unfortunately, none
> of us has had time to build a web site. We have a provider and a domain
> name, so we just need some people to help us build it. We would very much
> appreciate if some people could join the mailing list and volunteer to
> help with that. By the time we are ready to take pre-orders, we'll have
> the pricing worked out."
>
> You can't do that. The website to sell and make money from OPG is the only
> think you can't ask to be done by the communauty !
>
> Beside that from a buyer point of view, it's look very unprofessional. If
> there is nobody to manage a website, who will send me my card ?


Opinions will differ on this.  We've discussed this idea before,
getting some volunteer help with Traversal's web site, and there were
never any objections to the idea.  Nevertheless, I see your point.  I
think it's reasonable, however, because we're not web developers and
we're working in our spare time for no money.

Traversal is just a corporate front for the OGP.  It's there to
centralize "corporate stuff".  Naturally, it'll take on a life of its
own in some respects, but it'll be a long time before we release any
product that isn't based on some sort of community effort.

In a sense, Traversal isn't going to make a penny from this.  We're
going to store the money away until we have enough to get a partner or
fund the chip development ourselves.  I'm not asking to help people
line my pockets, and if I were to 'hire' myself to do this as my full
time job, I would take a salary far less than what I'm making now from
Tech Source.

But anyhow, let's discuss this further and see if we need to alter the
article before it gets slashdotted.