2010/3/4 alexus / dotcommon <dotcom...@autistici.org> > > On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 08:34:09 -0500, Quiliro Ordóñez <quil...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I have discovered this 10 key keyboard. http://in10did.com > > > > What do you think about it? > > in my opinion: > yet another unessential gadget... > > unessential (as for most of e-gadgets) := no real innovation, no real > benefits for people, environmental impact and (probably) exploitation of > workers to make it (will be manufactured in china? or in a mexican > maquiladora?...), pollution when spread worlwide, e-waste when will become > trash (i.e. see: http://www.ban.org/photogallery/index.html) ... just good > for corporations, marketing and resellers to make money > > moreover: > > the whole system is patended: > <cite>"This system is protected by U.S. Patent # 6542091 and may be > licensed to manufacturers."</cite> > > it has a patented "input nomenclature": > <cite>"I understand that the information being presented is proprietary > and the property of In10did Inc. Any use of this content is protected by > U.S. Patent laws. No unauthorized reproduction may be made without the > written consent by In10did. Inc."</cite> > > > really bad in my opinion > > Can anyone patent 10 keys? I think that it is hackable. Change the keyboard layotut and solved, maybe.
-- Saludos/Greetings Quiliro Ordóñez Estas opiniones son las de un Consejero de FSFLA pero no representan la posición oficial de FSFLA porque eso implica el consenso para ello en el Consejo. 593(02)340 1517 / 593(09)821 8696 http://quiliro.wordpress.com "¿Sólo cuando el último árbol esté muerto, el último río envenenado y el último pez atrapado nos daremos cuenta que no se puede comer dinero?" "Only when the last tree is dead, the last river is poisoned and the last fish is caught will we realize that money is not edible?"
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