Development by Davis: “Does open design hardware have a place in manufacturing?” plus 1 more

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Does open design hardware have a place in manufacturing? Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:59 AM PST Do you remember HeathKit? The company that sold circuit board and resistor kits you could assemble to make your own electronics? Building a HeathKit was no great feat of engineering—it came with a fixed list of parts and the schematic—but it helped you understand how electronics work by letting you assemble your own electronic products. And back in the day, a well-built HeathKit radio was every bit as good as the store-bought ones. Read more... read more

OpenForum Europe finds trademark references in IT procurements widespread, break rules Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST Report: 'Contracting authorities must take exit costs into account' Public administrations that are procuring IT services and software must add to the budget plan the exit costs needed to move to alternative IT solutions after the end of the contract period. That is one of the recommendations by Open Forum Europe, an organisation advocating the use of open standards in ICT, in a report on procurement published this Monday. Read more... read more

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