Marek Further Improves Radeon Mesa Performance

[smitty3268]

Did he tried? Oh,.. you speculating again... I have donated and will continue as tradition, have you? Or you prefer to donate speculations in hopes to increase to his market value?

I can't personally prove the earth is round or that the sun will rise tomorrow either, but i feel pretty safe making that speculation.

[crazycheese]

LOL. LOL SO HARD.

The facts are that Marek isn't getting 50K a year in donations, and even if he was that's way, way below his market value.

Did he tried? Oh,.. you speculating again... I have donated and will continue as tradition, have you? Or you prefer to donate speculations in hopes to increase to his market value?

[smitty3268]

Money is not made on doubts or opinions. I have laid realistic path, if I were Marek, I would follow it.

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Also, 200 graphic cards are sold per day in one computer shop in your average metropolis. These doubts are laughable.

LOL. LOL SO HARD.

The facts are that Marek isn't getting 50K a year in donations, and even if he was that's way, way below his market value.

[necro-lover]

Late but not to late I also ad some money for Marek!

[crazycheese]

That's a really low salary for gpu driver development, and i doubt there are 200 people donating every month.

I don't think he have 200 monthly donations.
I don't think he even have 20, but what do I know...

Money is not made on doubts or opinions. I have laid realistic path, if I were Marek, I would follow it. There is nothing wrong with getting paid for solid professional work and this is how GPU developers earn their money. BUT, the difference is that freelance do not have to obey shitty corporate politics. Like writing windows driver, because it has higher marketshare, because the driver is more polished, because more engineers work on it, because corporate policy tells so, because it has higher marketshare, because the driver is more polished, because more engineers work on it, because corporate policy tells so, because it has higher marketshare, because the driver is more polished, because more engineers work on it, because corporate policy tells so, because it has higher marketshare, because the driver is more polished, because more engineers work on it, because corporate policy tells so, because it has higher marketshare, because the driver is more polished, because more engineers work on it, because corporate policy tells so, because it has higher marketshare, because the driver is more polished, because more engineers work on it, because corporate policy tells so, because it has higher marketshare,..

I think this recursion depth is enough for everyone to get the logic.

Also, 200 graphic cards are sold per day in one computer shop in your average metropolis. These doubts are laughable.

[uid313]

The average donation is 20$. He only needs 200 radeon users to donate to earn month salary.

I don't think he have 200 monthly donations.
I don't think he even have 20, but what do I know...

[smitty3268]

The average donation is 20$. He only needs 200 radeon users to donate to earn month salary.

That's a really low salary for gpu driver development, and i doubt there are 200 people donating every month.

[crazycheese]

No, job for the open source AMD Radeon driver.
I don't think that is his job, its more like a hobby.
I don't think the donations from the Linux community is enough to sustain his driver development as a job.

The average donation is 20$. He only needs 200 radeon users to donate to earn month salary.

[uid313]

Job for fglrx?
He already has job. He just picks the bugs and shortcomings of radeon driver, fix them and call the price here and for example on ubuntu forums.
Also, he already stated he apparently does not need any card...

No, job for the open source AMD Radeon driver.
I don't think that is his job, its more like a hobby.
I don't think the donations from the Linux community is enough to sustain his driver development as a job.

[crazycheese]

Well then I think that they should:
1. Tell him that he has a job waiting for him after his college
2. Send him a current AMD Radeon graphics card of choice
3. Send him the upcoming AMD Radeon graphics card whenever the next generation gets released or even prior to official release
4. Send him a AMD CPU (with integrated GPU) and motherboard
5. Maybe offer to pay some tuition/college fees or offer him some sort of stipend?

Job for fglrx?
He already has job. He just picks the bugs and shortcomings of radeon driver, fix them and call the price here and for example on ubuntu forums.
Also, he already stated he apparently does not need any card...