[Open-graphics] Speech rewrite, per Lourens' suggestions

[Timothy Normand Miller]

On 7/5/07, Dieter <netbsd at sopwith.solgatos.com> wrote:
> > > >               - Hardware not interesting to big companies
> > >
> > > Huh?  Do you really want to tell big companies to go away?
>
> > We're not saying that hardware isn't interesting to big companies.
> > We're saying that the FOSS way opens up opportunities for smaller
> > companies to produce hardware products that aren't as interesting to
> > the bigger companies.
> >
> > How can we say this better?
>
> Availability of documented chips enables small companies to create
> niche products.  This is good for consumers (more choice), good for
> the small companies (more sales), and good for the company (e.g. TT)
> selling the documented chips (more sales).
>
> Concentrate on the positive, leave out the negative part (sale volume
> of niche products might not be large enough to interest mega-corps).
>
> Maybe even leave out the "small" in "small companies"?

How about "Lower barrier to entry"?

>
> > > >       - Greater self-sufficiency for FOSS community
> > >
> > > Again, this seems to be promoting us-vs-them thinking.
> >
> > Good point, although I do often feel animosity towards "evil big
> > companies."  How can we express the idea that we're trying to give the
> > FOSS community some of their own open designs to work with without
> > alienating the big guys?
>
> Do you really need to express this idea in this talk?  The FLOSS crowd
> can probably figure it out for themselves.

No, I don't want to express this idea in the talk.  I want to talk
about independence or self-sufficiency without driving a wedge.

-- 
Timothy Normand Miller
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti
Open Graphics Project