Paul Boddie wrote: > I guess they want stuff that gets deployed surreptitiously within > dictatorships, not stuff that keeps the average American safe from criminal > exploitation (amongst other things).
Yes, I suppose there could be an agenda of this sort. > I think the > open hardware aspect, where other people can make sure that the dream lives > on, is another. Yes, I think the large degree of vendor/manufacturer/designer/developer independence of Open Hardware is a unique and important proposition that is often given too little attention. The challenge is to successfully use it for marketing advantage. > P.S. Another thing that came up about banks Well, the cool new thing seem to be those two-factor "soft tokens" running on smartphones. What could possibly go wrong ? :-) - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
