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Hey Google, disrupt the industry and open source the hardware as well.

• freehunter 14y ago
  Disrupt what industry? Google is the only player right now.
  • NegativeK 14y ago
    The consumer hardware industry. There are a few shops that sell/release open source hardware, but I guarantee open sourcing Glass would make gigantic waves.
  • yitchelle 14y ago
    The industry for capturing data, the industry for ubiquitous information presence, the industry for augmented assistance for the disable, list could go on. Imagine if IBM did not build the first PC with an open architecture, would it have caught on the way it did? Google should take the lead the open up the hardware and really make the glass affordable for everyone.
• thechut 14y ago
  Not sure why you are being downvoted. Google open sourcing Glass could bring on lots of manufacturers in very quickly and also create lots of derivative works. Google would theoretically have its core Glass software running on every device. It's essentially taking their model with Android, which IMHO has been enormously successful, one step further. In two years time ZTE could be making 'The Reflector' a $100 version of Glass that has been been created from Glass' open designs. Of course their will be software modification as well, but theoretically just like Android, Google will remain at it's core. I can see why Google will probably make more money by selling them for $1,500 a pop. But I think they could also make money by shear volume of increased search, maps, play store, etc. This seems to be inline with what they try to do now. I hope that Google does not pull a Facebook and start forcing advertisements into everything. If that is the case it could be at the expense of the entire Glass platform which I think will be very cool.
  • jfoster 14y ago
    I think it's being downvoted because it's got very little information. It's a seemingly naive random thought about Google's go-to-market strategy for Glass and considers nothing about Google's businesses or the opportunity cost of taking that action. Your post is probably the elaboration that it needed to avoid being downvoted. (I didn't downvote - just trying to explain why someone might)
    • yitchelle 14y ago
      Your right. My comment stemmed from my frustration as the many close sourced hardware being pushed by the OEMs and ODMs. I should have elaborated my comment further. Lesson learned.
      • jfoster 14y ago
        I hear you. I'd love for Google to fully open up Glass. Might not be as appealing an idea from their perspective, though.
  • misiti3780 14y ago
    dumb question here (and I do apologize for it) - but I never really understood how you can see someone is being downvoted. I know when I'm downvoted because I lose karma - How do you know what someone else is being downvoted?
    • lawnchair_larry 14y ago
      If votes is <= 0, the text color changes from black to light grey. He is now in the black, but the comment would have been made when that wasn't the case.
      • misiti3780 14y ago
        thank you!
• thechut 14y ago
  Not sure why you are being downvoted. Google open sourcing Glass could bring on lots of manufacturers in very quickly and also create lots of derivative works. Google would theoretically have its core Glass software running on every device. It's essentially taking their model with Android, which IMHO has been enormously successful, one step further. In two years time ZTE could be making 'The Reflector' a $100 version of Glass that has been been created from Glass' open designs. Of course their will be software modification as well, but theoretically just like Android, Google will remain at it's core. I can see why Google will probably make more money by selling them for $1,500 a pop. But I think they could also make money by shear volume of increased search, maps, play store, etc. This seems to be inline with what they try to do now. I hope that Google does not pull a Facebook and start forcing advertisements into everything. If that is the case it could be at the expense of the entire Glass platform which I think will be very cool.