[gta02-core] PRESS: OpenMoko Layoffs Lead to New Open Hardware Venture
Wolfgang Spraul
wolfgang at qi-hardware.com
Wed Jul 22 07:36:47 EDT 2009
Dave,
> We're still experimenting a little, but have adopted some
> style-guidelines for our use of KiCad which makes the schematics easier
> to read across multiple people.
Yes I've followed the discussion.
Where are the latest style guidelines? Are they in SVN?
Wolfgang
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 01:05:12AM +0100, Dave Ball wrote:
> Wolfgang Spraul wrote:
>> Yes we share the same goals.
>> Qi is choosing tools (KiCAD) to be compatible with gta02-core.
>> See www.github.com/adamwang
>>
> That's fantastic. I grabbed a snapshot and was having a dig through
> these yesterday.
>
> We're still experimenting a little, but have adopted some
> style-guidelines for our use of KiCad which makes the schematics easier
> to read across multiple people. At some point it might be worth seeing
> if there is a common set of styles that will make it easier for people
> familiar with either project to contribute to both?
>
>> As categories, we can imagine small clamshell computers (NanoNote), picture
>> frames, phones. No firm decision yet, we want to get the process right first.
>>
> Of course - one thing at a time!
>
>> You can rest assured that I am doing a lot on the 'meeting' side to promote
>> gta02-core. Everywhere I go I talk about gta02-core.
>>
> That's great - thanks Wolfgang :-)
>
>> Maybe I can get a large Chinese device manufacturer to invest in gta02-core,
>> meeting with senior people lined up in a few weeks. Hold your expectations
>> low, best is at ZERO, these talks mostly go nowhere. I just wanted to give
>> you this as an example that we are trying to help too.
>>
> I don't know where it's going to come from, but I am getting more
> convinced that there will be many people out there that at some point
> will find supporting our little venture to be a good investment. OM is
> already kindly donating components, these discussions with USP sound
> interesting and you and several others are out evangelising for us.
>
> Thanks for your kind words, and for spreading news of what we're doing!
>
> I hope QI-hardware goes well - and I'm sure it will. The more people
> generating and talking about open hardware the better for all of us.
>
>
> Dave
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