> The open community is expert at doing stuff simultaneously, > unaware of each other. Which is good for intellectual development, > but bad if they don't come into the general spotlight and become > a part of the community knowledge base.
He. This is the day of great wisdoms on our list, and I couldn't agree more with you. Slightly related I am trying to aggregate anything interesting and truly about 'open' hardware on the planet feed. In order to avoid the duplication you are talking about. http://en.qi-hardware.com/planet/ > Any particular details you are thinking of? Well. Your list is pretty far fetched still. What do you actually want to do? What's your part, what do you expect others to do? What you say there is something like we want to have Apple's cash reserves, RedHat's openess, and Intel's high-tech, somehow all combined into one. Wouldn't that be cool? Well, yes, it would. So? You could take a Milkymist One board, and strip it down to the bare essentials needed for your device. But what exactly are the criteria for your device? Hardware is not as configurable as software... Case or just plain board? No hardware at all? Which price do you try to achieve? Small volume or large volume? Who manufactures, who sells? Who spreads the word? And so on... Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
