[will0]

Rebble is the open source infra that has been keeping Pebbles alive since ~2016. See: rebble.io and https://github.com/pebble-dev

(Disclaimer: I'm part of the team)

RePebble is a new thing by Eric, the original founder of Pebble and is unrelated to Rebble.

> Is Rebble making hardware as well as RePebble?

Potentially! We have always talked about it, but some of the announcements today have thrown us for a loop so plans are still being discussed.

> Is RePebble also open source and community owned like Rebble?

Remains to be seen, but if I had to guess it's unlikely.

[follower]

> [...] some of the announcements today have thrown us for a loop so plans are still being discussed.

Feel free not to answer, but: does this imply Rebbele were aware of an impending Pebble OS source release but not... the other thing?

If so, that seems... "unfortunate". :/

Also, btw, I really like the use of the phrase "user-respectful technology" in the Rebble post.

And, rather unsurprisingly given one of my other recent comments[0], I am supportive of the fact that the Foundation's missions includes these aspects in particular:

* "educating people about why these [little oasis of user-respectful technology] are important"

* "using them as a platform to teach embedded systems"

*insert additional supportive statement & well wishes here* :)

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[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42856930 [1]

[1] TooLong;Don'tRead. :)