top | item 210805 Open-source hardware 9 points| davidw | 18 years ago |economist.com 2 comments order hn newest [+] [-] electric|18 years ago|reply Awesome article. But I really don't see how Chumby and Buglabs products are open-source hardware. these products are primarily comprised of chips and components that are closed-source. [+] [-] wmf|18 years ago|reply As the article says, true open source hardware (like OGP) is pointless, so they're using the term to mean "documented hardware".
[+] [-] electric|18 years ago|reply Awesome article. But I really don't see how Chumby and Buglabs products are open-source hardware. these products are primarily comprised of chips and components that are closed-source. [+] [-] wmf|18 years ago|reply As the article says, true open source hardware (like OGP) is pointless, so they're using the term to mean "documented hardware".
[+] [-] wmf|18 years ago|reply As the article says, true open source hardware (like OGP) is pointless, so they're using the term to mean "documented hardware".
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