[Arm-netbook] The sincerest form of flattery

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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


On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 2:21 AM, Mike Leimon <leimon at 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-system-video.html
>
> 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.