[oc] Re: Jim Turley's article at Embedded.com

[Pablo Bleyer Kocik <pbleyer@embedded.cl>]

  Hmmm... I visited the guy's web site, http://www.jimturley.com. On a 
second thought I think this is no more than a FUD article and perhaps a 
little bit of auto-convincing stuff. Why pointers to those [badly named] 
"shareware" cores are missing, in order to give examples or support his 
claims? He completely omits that sites like opencollector, opencores, 
openhardware and freeio *exist*, and that they are active and popular. If 
he is in the IP business I doubt he has never bumped into these sites...

  Yep, reading between lines I also conclude that it is really not worth 
the time.

  Cheers!

At 04:20 PM 03-06-2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Pablo Bleyer Kocik wrote:
> >
> >   Embedded.com has just published an "interesting" article about
> > Open-Source Hardware by Jim Turley. Too biased... if you ask me.
> >
>
>The article really is an Apples to Oranges comparison.  The development
>tools (resources) to build software have had 30 years to mature to what
>they are today.  Fundementally, all we needed was a place to store bits
>and a processor to munch on them..  We have had that place to build /
>test software for a very long time.
>
>The comparison that the author attempts to make about hardware being on
>the same parity level as software, is erroneous and shows some ignorance
>of the industry.  Sort of like the fourth year engineering student that
>was attempting to convince me that it was a bright idea to implement a
>custom processor in ECL logic, my answer to that was to ask "at what
>Amperage".  IMO, both started out with an assumption that was not based
>in practical terms.
>
>The fact is that the densities of gate array logic necessary to achieve
>the level of complexity necessary to implement a processor has not been
>around for very many years.  Yes, those of you engaged in cutting edge
>development of bit-slice systems, with deep-pocketed employers, have
>been playing with this stuff for over 10 years.  The rest of us are
>faced with the same reality as programmers in the 1950's & 1960's had,
>gaining access to the technology required for implementation and a cost
>effective means of deployment.
>
>Folks, there is nothing worth reading here, please move along now...
>
>TomW

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