Ask HN : Open source hardware rising up What do you think?
Just written this article http://harkopen.com/open-source-hardware, there are a lot of very interesting projects lately in this direction, you can see some in here http://harkopen.com/projects
What do you think? Can be open source hardware viable same as the big brother software? IMHO, prototying a product with OpenSource hardware isn't the scene right now. Opensource hardware currently attracts hobbyists on mass. I haven't seen any real market-ready product done with something like Beagleboard or Arduino. What about http://www.buglabs.net or http://www.adafruit.com they are really turning open source hardware to profit and the community keeps growing .. Open source hardware can't become mainstream like OSS. The hardware isn't (remotely) competitive with proprietary hardware and it's too hard to scratch your own itch. maybe it's time .. same was saying for software a few years before but that didn't stop it ..