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7 <h1>About BeagleBoard.org</h1>
8 <p>BeagleBoard.org is an all volunteer activity started-up by a collection of Texas Instruments (TI) employees as what is called a "small dreams" project. "Small dreams" is an initiative at TI where employees with good ideas that don't necessarily require a large team are given a bit of funding to pursue their idea, in this case having a board fabricated and getting hosting for a website. The Beagle Board project is, however, not meant to be a Texas Instruments project. Instead, we welcome those who are interested in powerful, open, and embedded devices to participate and become part of BeagleBoard.org, defining its direction.</p>
10 Fortunately, the excitement within TI for this board is quite high. The positive response inside TI could be predicted based upon the success of the $20 MSP430 development boards and the growing push towards supporting
11 <a href="http://opensource.ti.com">open source</a>
12 efforts. The Beagle Board is also very interesting for
13 <a href="http://www.ti.com/university">university programs</a>
17 For some additional background, you can look at
18 <a href="http://BeagleBoard.org/brief">the Beagle Board brief</a>
22 <user>blog.hangerhead.com</user>
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25 <time type="date">03.03.2008 21:08:57 CST</time>