The FPGA companies need help with software because quite frankly, their software sucks - so damn buggy. And yet, here they could get some significant help for n

The FPGA companies need help with software because quite frankly, their software sucks - so damn buggy. And yet, here they could get some significant help for not much $$. But Xilinx and Altera prefer having customers locked in. I've long thought that the best way for the smaller players to gain marketshare is for them to actively court open source - not only to allow it, but to encourage and fund it.