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How Mike Arrington can save the CrunchPad

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 3, 2009

[ Thanks to robt
for this link. ]

“Judging by the 900+ comments on the article (when I last
looked) it seems quite a few people care about a the idea that the
CrunchPad could be R.I.P.ped . But I think there is a way to save
it, and at the same time change the manufacturing industry
forever.

“First we need to consider Mike’s business approach to the
CrunchPad:

““I’ve always pushed to open source all or parts of
the project. So this isn’t really about money. It was about
the thrill of building something with a team that had the same
vision.”

“If he’s not overly concerned with making a crap load of
dosh then I think it’s possible that the shanzhai guys might
be able to come to his rescue.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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