It's all an attempt by these linux people to control the entire machine from the ground up. Don't trust them, they've let you down in the past.

... really is this some sort of sick joke?

What's the roadmap from here for these open core processors? Is there one?

let the jokes about what sort of processor runs their webserver thread here...

...their server is running off one of these since its already Slashdotted.

Because if so how do a download a free copy? Or does it get sent in the mail if i fire them an email? Does one pay postage as well? This IS opensource right? I just want the free stuff.

Didn't you hear? Honda is purchasing Apple. I work in middle management at Hopple MotorComps, so you can believe me.

Last time I checked there were a lot more Cisco boxes out there than Xboxes though ;)

In latest news, McBride is claiming to have invented the integrated circuit

You must be having delusions again. You should go to the Ministry of Love to have them treated.

Why should major companies control the architechures that we are using?

Because they are the only ones who can afford to develop and bring us real DRM. That's why. Do you think open source developers could come up with this kind of innovation?

Suppose one day it came down to a choice between a less powerful design, or DRM?

With an open core chip, how do you ever expect to have enough processing power to run, say, the next generation of Windows? Furthermore, an open core design won't have innovations like DRM. Imagine how much processing power would be required for the next generation of Windows, let's hypothetically call it, Windows Secure Ultra eXtreme, or just WinSUX for short.

WinSUX will need more processor power than these knockoff open core chips can muster. Surely, you don't want to be caught with a non-innovative, non-secure, under-powered processor designed without a clear roadmap by ammatuers from all over the planet. (Did I forget to mention commie hippies, or terrorists?)

If every Open-Source advocate buys a share in this company it will prove that open-source is NOT communism.

It would take off like gangbusters! Think of it as a donation to get the initial chips produced and off it will go!

What's to stop them from making PC chips then?

What's their stock ticker symbol?