[Arm-netbook] Fwd: An open by design laptop

[Jeremy Wykes]

Bunnie's blog archives are an interesting read. In this post on the
future of open hardware [1] he predicts the future will involve
standard phone/tablet chassis with interchangeable components.

[1] http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=1863

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Troy Benjegerdes <hozer at hozed.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 08:27:34PM +0000, luke.leighton wrote:
>> On 12/16/12, Scott Sullivan <scott at ss.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Luke,
>> >
>> > His email address is silk-screened  on the board right by the MicroSD
>> > holder.
>>
>>  doh!  and now it's archived forever on arm-netbooks, yaay! :)
>
> He's got the Altium files for the boards on his website.. Anyone want to try
> importing them into KiCad and/or Upverter? I'd prefer KiCad, but Upverter is
> free for open source http://upverter.com/pricing/
>
> I think we should organize a group bulk-buy of say 100 boards or something like
> that. Can someone please get in touch with Bunnie and ask him if he wants to
> deal with that hassle, or if we should nominate someone else to hassle with
> fullfillment & shipping?
>
> If there are no other nominations, I'll volunteer to slap up something based on
> http://q3u.be/CSD.html and take 10% over expenses to deal with ordering/
> fullfillment/shipping if Bunnie is not interested, and the rest of you
> think it's a good idea.
>
> If there's interest, I can also talk to a lawyer about offering something
> with an actual warrantee and return policy as a (higher, probably 2x cost)
> option.
>
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