If You're Going To Kill It, Open Source It 245
ptorrone writes "MAKE Magazine is proposing big companies like Cisco and Sony consider 'open sourcing' their failed or discontinued products. The list includes Sony's AIBO and QRIO robots, IBM's Deep Blue chess computer, Ricochet Wireless, Potenco's Pull-Cord Generator, Palm, Microsoft's SPOT Watch, CISCO Flip Camera and more. MAKE is also encouraging everyone to post about what products they'd like to see open sourced."
The Space Shuttle (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Palm (Score:4, Funny)
You have that already. Everyone - barring a glitch in the system - is issued two at birth. Usually they come with five "finger" add-on expansion units free of charge, too.
Now, it's up to you to supply your own ink, back up your data regularly, and take care of the daily maintenance to keep your Palms in good working order...
Re:Won't Happen (Score:4, Funny)
Dreaming? Dreaming is free!
No it's not. Daytime dreaming costs our economy billions, even trillions of dollars every year! What society needs is a brainwave analyzer and a dream counter, so dreams can be taxed and lost productivity converted to money, to be funneled back to the economy through the usual channels.