From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5778ffc079ca4ad7227b37b1158b29f1@proxima.alt.za> References: <5778ffc079ca4ad7227b37b1158b29f1@proxima.alt.za> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 17:20:11 +1100 Message-ID: From: Shane Morris To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c12bf0c683f504f1a2bf15 Subject: Re: [9fans] Inferno and the Parallella Topicbox-Message-UUID: b6782cc8-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a11c12bf0c683f504f1a2bf15 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Oh, its ok. I like the GSoC idea. I just don't think I'm GSoC material, I'm hardware type, even if I will be a uni student this year going forward - "If it draws blood, its hardware" as the old maxim goes. The Parallella board is US$99, a far more modest investment in hardware than a GizmoBoard as I had previously suggested, and packs more power for the price, in terms of coding value. Whether it could be accepted as a coding project of the type for GSoC, a mentor for it found, and other logistical concerns are a issue for the GSoC organisers, but I suppose, could it happen? An abstract topic for the time being. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:06 PM, wrote: > > Thoughts? Comments? Critique? Flames? > > I guess this is the real value of efforts like GSOC, if only they > could be extended to a much greater public either with an infinite > budget or by pushing a far more socially-aware ethos. > > I'll refrain from pontificating further. > > ++L > > > > --001a11c12bf0c683f504f1a2bf15 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Oh, its ok. I like the GSoC idea. I just don't think I= 'm GSoC material, I'm hardware type, even if I will be a uni studen= t this year going forward - "If it draws blood, its hardware" as = the old maxim goes.

The Parallella board is US$99, a far more modest investment = in hardware than a GizmoBoard as I had previously suggested, and packs more= power for the price, in terms of coding value. Whether it could be accepte= d as a coding project of the type for GSoC, a mentor for it found, and othe= r logistical concerns are a issue for the GSoC organisers, but I suppose, c= ould it happen?

An abstract topic for the time being.


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014= at 5:06 PM, <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
> Thoughts? Comments? Critique? Flames?
I guess this is the real value of efforts like GSOC, if only they
could be extended to a much greater public either with an infinite
budget or by pushing a far more socially-aware ethos.

I'll refrain from pontificating further.

++L




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