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Hoektronics.com is a personal blog at hoektronics.com about hardware and programming. Since 2012, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “MakerBot vs. Open Source – A Founder Perspective”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for Zach "Hoeken" Smith's 2012 post on MakerBot's shift to closed-source hardware after he left the company. The comments cite it as background on the open-source dispute.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- MakerBot vs. Open Source – A Founder Perspective4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2012-09-21
What Hacker News says?
Relevant: Zach "Hoeken" Smith's (one of the founders of Makerbot) thoughts when the company changed direction (and he was out): http://www.hoektronics.com/2012/09/21/makerbot-and-open-sour...
Comment linking /2012/09/21/makerbot-and-open-source-a-founder-perspective/
on “The MakerBot Obituary”Submitted Meet a Shenzhen Maker: Mr. Chen as a story · 156 points
HN discussionhere's some links for more info http://blog.makezine.com/2012/09/19/is-one-of-our-open-sourc... http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2012/09/20/fixing-misinformatio... http://www.hoektronics.com/2012/09/21/makerbot-and-open-sour... tom igoe has some sensible words on this: http://www.tigoe.net/blog/category/open-innovation/408/ this is an interesting discussion in advance of this (unfortunately sold out) conference next wee…
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on “3D printer community revolting against Makerbot's new closed-source printer”Submitted MakerBot vs. Open Source – A Founder Perspective as a story · 8 points
HN discussionTo be honest, I lost faith in maker culture and open hardware in general around the time MakerBot went closed hardware - not because of MakerBot themselves, but because of the way their critics were treated. MakerBot themselves base their designs heavily on both the open hardware RepRap and open designs by other commercial manufacturers, and their head honch Bre Pettis was a big proponent of open hardware and maker…
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on “AutoDesk Releases An Electronics Simulator Called 123D Circuits”Submitted Scan Trike: an electric trike + 3D printer + 3D scanner as a story · 1 points
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