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Is this the company that re-invented the PCMCIA slot, but completely proprietary?
by ziggus 5y ago
Is this the company that re-invented the PCMCIA slot, but completely proprietary?
- m0ngr31 5y agoIs USB-C proprietary now?
- nrp 5y agoYep, but without the proprietary part. We have released reference designs under Creative Commons: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards
- loudmax 5y agoI think the recessed USB-C dongles are a fantastic idea. I'd love for this to become a standard feature on laptops. Can miscellaneous third parties can create and sell their own Framework-compatible expansion modules? Can other manufacturers make laptops with Framework-compatible expansion slots?
- wishinghand 5y agoCan something be open source and proprietary?
- kmeisthax 5y agoSome people use the word "proprietary" to mean "different" or "nonstandard" rather than "is someone else's property and costs money to use". It's a weird bit of semantic drift.
- nisegami 5y agoIn the software world, this is usually described as "source-available", where the source is, well, available, but the license has restrictions such as not allowing commercial use.
- rvz 5y agoYes. Example: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot https://github.com/commaai/openpilot
- matthewmacleod 5y agoA USB-C slot with publicly-available and open-source CAD and specs on GitHub (https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards) is basically the least proprietary format ever created.
- chrisseaton 5y agoI think it's just normal USB-C dongles but installed in the chassis, isn't it?