--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 2:21 AM, Mike Leimon leimon@gmail.com wrote:
I saw this link today and thought to myself that it looked awfully familiar....
oooo faaascinating. huh. why hasn't that come up before? it's been around for quite a while.
http://liliputing.com/2016/09/closer-look-kangaroo-notebook-modular-pc-syste...
While I am hoping their pilot program is successful (because modular and upgradeable laptops is a great idea), this whole implementation appears to be proprietary from top to bottom and without any concern for libre usage.
yeah i noted that, too. nothing on the infocus web site suggests that they intend to make a committment to open this up, at all.
I suppose the other positive aspect to this (assuming the product takes off for them) is that there will a larger consumer base out there that is familiar with this sort of modular device paradigm. Perhaps at that point, the concept of the EOMA68 standard won't be such a stretch of the imagination for some people.
hooraaay!
Anyhow, it was an interesting read.
yeah. good find, mike.
l.