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2008-10-02 , 02:45
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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens View Post
Now before we get over ourselves, compared to DS sales or the iPhone (<spit!>) hype, the numbers are rather low. Still, I keep wondering if this will not one day be seen as the starting point of a totally new way of manufacture and distribution: "Three guys in a garage" design, troubleshoot, produce and distribute a totally new computer with -- relatively -- no money behind them, but rather the active support and contribution of a community of enthousiasts. Could this be the start of OSM (Open Source Manufacturing)?
No, you're being too much of a zealot again.

It is how Apple started; literally in a garage. Same for Miguel de Icaza of Ximian fame.

Search for that old picture with Microsoft's team in 1980 or sth. They had like 16 employers.

Xen started as a university of Cambridge project. Now they're part of Citrix.*

SUN Microsystems started on Stanford university network.

Wait... you mean only hardware?

OpenGraphics (OPG) started by one guy, who got much input from community, especially kerneltrap.org readership.*

OpenMoko, initially a community idea although the founder is a crazy, rich idealist (MS = Mark Shuttleworth).

Check out a small list of open source hardware.

Taken that into account even the name OpenPandora isn't original. The niche OpenPandora is (apparently successfully) attracting is however worth noting.

..oh, and IBM started in LOTR...

* = I was aware before the project got popular... have to say, a special memory
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