Well Adrian your work is the most big like I know Reprap is ..... congratulations my friend I take off my chapeu , all time I see more and more your seeds .
Good holidays and in 2012 Reprap going to be more big .
Don't forget material we need more colors and excellent specifications to more parts.
Happy new year.
Jose Joaquin Prieto Cruz
Arquitecto
Móvil 3168520800
Bogotá - Colombia
Enviado desde mi iPad.
El 17/12/2011, a las 8:06 a.m., Adrian Bowyer <A.Bowyer@bath.ac.uk> escribió:
> On 17/12/11 01:34, I.T. Daniher wrote:
>
>> Brook originally said that he would release source files before the
>> end of the kickstarter. Since then, the FAQ has been amended to "on
> ship."
>
> That's what the GPL requires, so I'm OK with that.
>
>> - The RepRap market is reeeaally big. Like tens of thousands of
>> machines.
>
> Yup. I am aiming to dwarf all non self-replicating manufacturing.
> This is my plan for world domination. Mwaaaah-haaa-ha.
>
>> - With open source hardware, developers collect the work, kit
>> vendors collect the money.
>
> Not quite fair - Brook and Co are also the developers of the RepRap
> Printrbot.
>
> ---
>
> Ahem. And there is also:
>
> http://www.indiegogo.com/RepRapPro-Huxley-3D-Printer-Kits
>
> which is something of a success (Shameless plug: Kits for February
> shipping still available :-) )
>
> Best wishes
>
> Adrian
>
> Dr Adrian Bowyer
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Bowyer
> http://reprap.org
>
>
> On 17/12/11 01:34, I.T. Daniher wrote:
>> Brook originally had some source files on Github, before release.
>> Since then, they have been removed.
>>
>> Brook originally said that he would release source files before the
>> end of the kickstarter. Since then, the FAQ has been amended to "on ship."
>>
>>
>> I sincerely hope he pulls this off, but his transparency and
>> consistency leave something to be desired. I canceled my pledge after
>> he revised his source release timeline.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 18:46, Markus Hitter <mah@jump-ing.de
>> <mailto:mah@jump-ing.de>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 16.12.2011 um 19:04 schrieb Jonathan:
>>
>>
>> anyone seen this Kickstarter project?
>>
>>
>> Yes. It's unbelievable what kind of money flows just for a
>> promise. I talked to a few purchasers and the essence is:
>>
>> - In their view it's perfectly normal to pay $750 for a set of
>> unassembled parts worth $300. Plase note, Printrbot claims the
>> numbers it's self and the parts lists will be open source as soon
>> as the first printer ships.
>>
>> - Apparently, many people send money just because a lot of others
>> did already. Some sort of rush.
>>
>> - They're glad somebody finally makes a kit. The other about two
>> dozen RepRap kit providers are apparently not seen at all, much
>> less they consider buying from
>> (mechanics-/electronics-/__extruder-)specialists.
>>
>
>>
>>
>> Conclusion:
>>
>> - Proven quality doesn't matter, promising hassle-freeness is
>> worth ten times more.
>>
>> - Offering options, like specific feature sets, is more than
>> questionable.
>>
>> - With open source hardware, developers collect the work, kit
>> vendors collect the money.
>>
>>
>> Markus Hitter
>>
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>> Dipl. Ing. (FH) Markus Hitter
>> http://www.jump-ing.de/
>>
>>
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>
Received on Sat Dec 17 16:57:35 2011
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