[LINK] Open Source PC Design

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

> 
> "The idea of open source manufacture is taking shape, and we're going
>  to see more .. 'open source' hardware .."
> 
> open source engineering ..a few peak designs, and made everywhere .. open
> source engineering design is already happening because people want it to.

Friends are building a honey of an open source car .. parts from everywhere

Sitting where you are, you can buy a dozen fairly exact replicas of the 
hot rod mandatory Ford A model chassis, and two dozen Ford T or A bodies
in your choice of fibreglass, aluminium etc, and which will all, more or 
less, bolt together. Not to mention the wide choice of replica lights etc.

A huge car industry, based on the Ford A model defacto open source design.

Problem is, it sports a fully-chromed and spanking 351 cubic-inch Chevy V8
engine, and is not a green car. Utterly mouth-watering, yes, and green, no.

But it is defacto open source design. I say we need a 21st Century version.

> And I'd like to buy a car that everyone made .. because they wanted to.

Cheers, people
Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia




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