[Arm-netbook] Intel at CES

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68


On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 3:07 AM, ryan <rrryan at tds.net> wrote:
> I'd like to point out that Ars Technica, Gizmodo and Tech Republic also
> reported on Intel's Compute Card with no mention of other similar
> projects...
>
> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/01/intels-compute-card-is-a-pc-that-can-fit-in-your-wallet/
>
> http://www.techrepublic.com/article/ces-2017-how-the-tiny-intel-compute-card-could-revolutionize-iot-device-management/
>
> http://gizmodo.com/intels-incredibly-tiny-compute-card-could-soon-run-your-1790826525
>
>
> I was originally going to suggest that maybe Intel independently came up
> with the same idea, but then I saw just how eerily-similar the promotional
> images and pitches were to EOMA68 and now I can tell its clearly copying
> us...

 jaezuss, you could even say that they'd been reading the crowdsupply
page and the whitepaper i wrote, and literally copying some of it.
the gizmodo article in particular, they're "excited that you can take
your computer home with you instead of a 2lb device".

 *sigh*... :)


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>
> On 01/07/2017 04:12 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>>
>> just got this from a friend:
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>> I sent a 'correction' to the BBC about it. Probably wouldn't hurt if
>> other people pointed out that Intel is not the first to market with
>> modular computing and that a crowd funded 'open source' project beat
>> them to it. EOMA68 already  exists and the very first prototype
>> devices have been produced for desktop and laptop housings. Unlike
>> Intel's solution this one is completely open for anybody to adopt. The
>> video got it wrong in saying it won't be seen in desktops/laptops any
>> time soon given that they very first housing prototypes were a laptop
>> and desktop.
>>
>> You can report errors here:
>>
>> http://www.bbc.com/news/contact-us/editorial
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>> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 6:36 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
>> <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
>>>
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>>> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 5:40 AM, Allan Mwenda <allanitomwesh at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Pretty hilarious how much of a direct clone that Intel card is.
>>>> Imitation is
>>>> the sincerest flattery I guess?
>>>
>>>   in a word... yeah :)
>>
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