Stroller wrote: > This barometer is self-contained and connected to the i2c bus, a > _relatively_ simple addition. If there is demand for the barometer - > although I'm inclined to agree with Rask that there wouldn't be - then > it might it be justified to add it were Brazil ever to go into > Freerunner production.
Here's where Open Design Hardware changes the scenario: if you have an (open) base product, you can design, produce, and deploy small changes for a special interest group at a comparably low price - a bit higher than if the change was part of the mass-produced design, but considerably lower than any traditional alternatives. > software installed. The software would have to be closed-source, [... more horror material ...] Why bother ? Even if we assume for a moment that you can't make money selling unencumbered software, you'd have the enhanced hardware already as a kind of dongle. Also, since this would be a highly specialized niche product, I would expect customer loyalty to be high. - Werner _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community