On The Heels Of An Impressive Launch

[alkyl]

given the clues on twitter, maybe something to do with pathscale ekopath

[smitty3268]

I know you can't say what it is, but can you say when it will be announced?

Well, the article says hopefully Thursday, but it sounds like it's already been delayed a few times so who knows.

From twitter:

something is being open-sourced and made available for free where as up to now it's costed $1795+ per license.

What costs $1800? An icc license maybe?

[chris200x9]

I know you can't say what it is, but can you say when it will be announced?

[Veerappan]

I'm starting to think so, too

That would make me very happy... Although it would kinda mess with someone's GSoC project a bit.

[schmidtbag]

i don't get it what is this thing? what does it do? i didn't follow the twitter feeds so i have no idea what this is, how it works, or what it impacts. the numbers look impressive but i don't understand the significance.

[allquixotic]

and i think its a opensource galium3D openCL implementation from redhat or google

I'm starting to think so, too

[phoronix]

Phoronix: On The Heels Of An Impressive Launch

Those that follow my Twitter feed know a big software announcement is pending after being set back multiple times over the past week. Here's one graph illustrating the real-world impact of this yet-to-be-announced open-source move for open operating systems...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=OTU0Ng