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If this [untold Arduino history](http://arduinohistory.github.io/ http://arduinohistory.github.io/) link is true, it seems like Massimo Banzi is not only diffic

• alex_hitchins 10y ago
  I was going to post the same link. I have no qualms buying clones what so ever since reading this story. I've had several now and there have been no issues with quality or stability. Not even been hit with any fake FDTI chips either.
• erikb 10y ago
  I never get when people do something like that. In the long run it can only hurt them. And it costs nothing to praise another person's work that resulted in your success.
• ChuckMcM 10y ago
  This is ultimately the challenge of open source. It is always sad to hear when people go unrecognized like this, it is of course important for the Arduino folks to position history in a way that makes them look like the main guys. A lesson I learned early on, and this is a good example, is that all events have a number of facts associated with them. Adding and subtracting facts from the event can change its message in any way the narrator wants. You could say "Alice shot Bob dead, in cold blood." and it sounds like Alice is a murderer, if you add "After using a toothpick to open the handcuffs holding her to the post where Bob had abused her. Alice found a gun in the dresser and picked it up.", followed by "Alice shot Bob dead, in cold blood." More facts, different interpretation of right and wrong. If you read the Wired article on Arduino you think one thing, if you add facts from this document you think another. General advice, keep a journal and corroborating evidence.