Open sourcing hardware: The VIA OpenBook


	Open sourcing hardware: The VIA OpenBook

Djiezes

6-5-2008 1:51 PM

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notebook, laptop, ultraportable, via, cad, opensource, open source

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6-5-2008 2:24 PM

ericskiff

Very cool to see hardware following software into Open Source.

6-7-2008 7:10 AM

Mohir

very cool indeed,
think it is an important step towards a different future.

thanks Djiezes

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