Re: [myhdl-list] New MyHDL Tutorial Available.

[Christopher F. <chr...@gm...>]

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>
> Let me talk a little bit about the business model.  We had a business
> model.  Jan Decaluwe was using MyHDL and consulting.  Things were not
> moving very fast.  There was a perception of a one man show.  We all
> appreciate what he did.  We now have a new business model.  MyHDL is
> still open source material, but we have a class to offer, and charge
> people for.  My intention is to offer that class at the upcoming DAC
> conference, and use the proceeds to support a booth there.  The booth is
> not that expensive.  What is expensive is engineers time to man the
> booth.   And there are a lot of FPGA trade shows around the world to
> exhibit at and travel to.

In my opinion this is good.  I have enjoyed seeing the increased 
activity on the MyHDL mailing-list this last week.  For me, MyHDL has 
been an invaluable tool.  I have been using it in my professional work 
as well my free time.  Seeing the user base grow should mostly be 
positive.  From some of the feedback it sounds like MyHDL could benefit 
from an increased user base and hopefully more contributors.

<< I realize this  is a late reply and that DAC has been determined too 
expensive. >>

>
> So the course material is not strictly open source.  By contributing to
> it, you are allowing me to make some money off of it. Basically that
> will go to pay for my time, and trade show space.  This should allow
> MyHDL to grow much faster.   It is now easy for people to invest in
> MyHDL, because they know that things are happening very fast, moving at
> light speed.
>

Thanks for providing information to the group how this might evolve and 
benefit the group.

To echo your sentiments, Jan D. has done a terrific job with MyHDL and 
hopefully others will see the value.  And if not, oh well, we will 
continue on using MyHDL.

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Thanks for lighting a fire under MyHDL!

Chris Felton