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Feels like the author just sweeps the clone issues aside simply commenting they're not a problem without going into detail. Ultimately if your revenue depends
by gchadwick 3y ago
Feels like the author just sweeps the clone issues aside simply commenting they're not a problem without going into detail.
Ultimately if your revenue depends upon you selling the hardware you open source it will be very hard going as other companies can easily churn out high quality (or indeed less high quality but super cheap) versions without paying any of the significant development cost and hence undercut you by a wide margin.
Indeed referring to these other versions as 'clones' seems to miss the point of open source hardware, isn't the entire point making the design open so others can build and iterate upon it for whatever uses they wish (including commercial exploitation).
- AugustoCAS 3y ago[dead]
- kiba 3y agoThese kind of companies are often bottom feeder and often does the lowest quality they can get away with, and consequently with the lowest profit margin. It makes them fragile, and likely also a frustrating experience to deal with, since you wouldn't get support.
- tpmoney 3y agoNone of that really matters to a company like Prusa who has to pay salaries now, not in the future when these failed devices break and the customer is done being strung along for months. The advice to investors applies here as well, “the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent”