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From: eferreir at connect.carleton.ca<eferreir@c...>
Date: Wed May 23 01:34:38 CEST 2007
Subject: [oc] Open source hardware research
Hi all,
I would like to have more information about companies that are
currently using Open Source Hardware (OSH).
I am a student of the M.Sc. in Technology Innovation Management at
Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Our master degree is closely
working with both Carleton's Talent First and Open Source Ventures
programs, whose mission is strengthen research to help established and
start-up companies in Ontario to create new business opportunities
based on Open Source technologies.
We, at Carleton, are strongly interested in studying the economic use
of Open Source in any possible domain, not only software. Therefore,
we consider that is essential to start researching the economics of
Open Source Hardware, a domain that has been unfairly ignored by
researchers so far.
Specifically, we are planning to conduct a survey on economic benefits
of OSH for companies. Additionally, my thesis will be aimed at study
the differences between OSS and OSH.
Although we already have a preliminary list of companies using OSH, I
will appreciate a lot if someone could give us the contact information
of any OSH company who could be interested in participating in this
research
Additionally, we will be grateful if we could receive feedback from
the OSH community.
In this link you will find more information about our master:
http://www.carleton.ca/tim
Here, you will find more information about Talent First program:
http://www.now.carleton.ca/2006-08/1268.htm
This is about Open Source Ventures:
http://www.carleton.ca/tim/osv/index.html
Thanks for your time and attention.
I look forward to hearing from someone soon.
Yours Faithfully,
Edy Ferreira
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