Re: [f-cpu] Re: Project short description

[nicO <nicolas.boulay@ifrance.com>]

Juergen Goeritz a écrit :
> 
> On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, nicO wrote:
> >
> > Personnaly i could see it when you want to create a product but a piece
> > of it is to big for you or you didn't want to spend to much money for
> > it. Your 'added value' aren't this part but the whole system. So you
> > decide to use the GPL to be help to design this none-so-important part
> > (from money back point of view). But then you use it to develop and sell
> > your product. As IBM : devellop Linux to sell even more computers.
> 
> To my experience it is the other way round. Most new software
> was derived from a preexisting work. IBM did take Linux because
> it was already what it was - a very stable system. It is no
> use, even for a big company, to develop the same thing anew,
> maybe except you already have a very big customer base. IBM
> lost their (PC) customer base already two times. I assume they
> also will manage that a third time...
> 

So you could see the developpement of the LEON. Europeen Space compagny
can't develop a cpu them self, so ESA payed for one. 

nicO

> JG
> 
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