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

[Troy Benjegerdes]

Let me offer a further prediction:

First, see http://bitspjoule.org/

The emerging standards of phones/tablets/computers starting in the next
6 to 24 months will be based primarily around heat transfer and data
transfer. Simplicity and consistency will become what is marketable,
thus feeding the artisan computing design trend.


On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 01:09:29PM +1100, Jeremy Wykes wrote:
> 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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