Comments on: Open source hardware business booms: 13 companies making $1M+ http://boingboing.net/2010/05/11/open-source-hardware-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 10:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/11/open-source-hardware-1.html#comment-784384 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784384 When is someone going to do an open source diabetic machine with the corresponding strips? That shit is expensive! When is someone going to do an open source diabetic machine with the corresponding strips? That shit is expensive!

]]> By: DrPretto http://boingboing.net/2010/05/11/open-source-hardware-1.html#comment-784438 DrPretto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784438 Thats GREAT news. I will gladly buy OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE. They just need to start making products like PCs, DVD players, TVs, Home Theaters, Cellphones, Vehicles, etc... I want everything Open Source. GOODBYE SOC INDUSTRY products. Thats GREAT news. I will gladly buy OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE. They just need to start making products like PCs, DVD players, TVs, Home Theaters, Cellphones, Vehicles, etc…
I want everything Open Source.
GOODBYE SOC INDUSTRY products.

]]> By: Patrick Austin http://boingboing.net/2010/05/11/open-source-hardware-1.html#comment-784468 Patrick Austin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784468 If worldwide consumer hardware spending is $600B, they have managed to capture at least .002% of the market. Total world domination is so close I can taste it! :) If worldwide consumer hardware spending is $600B, they have managed to capture at least .002% of the market. Total world domination is so close I can taste it! :)

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/05/11/open-source-hardware-1.html#comment-784535 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784535 Sparkfun is awesome; they deserve their success. It's clear they're knowledgeable and passionate about what they do, and it seems to me that they make a perfect example of "do what you love and the money will follow." Sparkfun is awesome; they deserve their success. It’s clear they’re knowledgeable and passionate about what they do, and it seems to me that they make a perfect example of “do what you love and the money will follow.”

]]> By: AnthonyC http://boingboing.net/2010/05/11/open-source-hardware-1.html#comment-784575 AnthonyC Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784575 For reference, this is approximately the GDP of Tuvalu. Let's watch as they work their way up the list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29 For reference, this is approximately the GDP of Tuvalu.

Let’s watch as they work their way up the list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29

]]> By: bbbaldie http://boingboing.net/2010/05/11/open-source-hardware-1.html#comment-785097 bbbaldie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785097 Open source, For The Win! :-D Open source, For The Win! :-D

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/11/open-source-hardware-1.html#comment-784637 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-784637 Can someone just post the list? I'm endlessly frustrated by the myriad ways people are obfuscating simple information these days (It's a 12-item list people, you do not need to make a five minute video or 20 page PDF about it when I could just read the simple bloody list in ten seconds.) Can someone just post the list? I’m endlessly frustrated by the myriad ways people are obfuscating simple information these days (It’s a 12-item list people, you do not need to make a five minute video or 20 page PDF about it when I could just read the simple bloody list in ten seconds.)

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