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-Intriguing Ideas
+# Intriguing Ideas
 
 Pixilica starts a 3D Open Graphics Alliance initiative; 
 We decide to go with a "reconfigurable" pipeline;
+Seven additional EUR 50,000 NLNet Grant proposals submitted.
 
 # The possibility of a 3D Open Graphics Alliance
 
@@ -19,9 +20,9 @@ attention at the BoF.
 The current 3D GPU designs -  NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, are hugely optimised
 for mass volume appeal. Niche markets, by virtue of the profit
 opportunities being lower or even negative given the design choices of
-the incumbents, are inherently penalised. Not only that but the source
-code of the 3D engines is proprietary, meaning that anything outside of
-what is dictated by the incumbents is out of the question.
+the incumbents, are inherently penalised.  Not only that: whilst things are
+slowly changing due to ongoing multi-man-year reverse-engineering efforts,
+3D driver source code is often proprietary as well.
 
 At the BoF, one attendee described how they are implementing *transparent*
 shader algorithms. Most shader hardware provides triangle algorithms that