From: Michael D'Haem (mdhaem_at_mac.com)
Date: Wed Jan 29 2003 - 08:35:49 PST
Great idea .... open source as exemplified by Linux has been a overwhelming success ... could open manufacturing be just as successful?
I have been reading lurking on this site for several weeks now, and from the various emails I have read it is very clear that the talent to produce a complete design is available. We just need a focus.
MikeD
On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 09:10AM, <jmarshall_at_mac.com> wrote:
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>I've been reading a lot of posts about what folks would like to see in a
>next generation newton. I have a different take. I was wondering if
>the Beetles that were (and I believe still may be) produced in Mexico
>long after they were discontinued everywhere else would be a model for
>carrying on the platform. It seems with minor upgrading (a better I/O
>than the interconnect port and more on board storage), the device would
>be useful for years to come. The community could still continue writing
>drivers as needed. My question would be what would the 2100 cost to
>produce today? I can really see why Apple killed it at the time, as
>they really did need to focus on the OS and shoring up the platform. My
>beef is with how they killed it. It doesn't seem right just to sit on
>the technology if you aren't going to do anything with it.
><slip>
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