Open Source Vs. Patenting

[Rosphere]

open source? only usefull for peer review and getting the technology to those that will use it. other than that it's a failure as a way of getting rich. no one will buy the product if you give the technology away. IMHO! 

Given the choice, I think that most folks would rather shell out a few bucks and be done with it instead of attempt to build something themselves.  Not many of these folks would even care to know how it works as long as they knew they were saving money in the long run.  12:00 

[ring_theory]

open source? only usefull for peer review and getting the technology to those that will use it. other than that it's a failure as a way of getting rich. no one will buy the product if you give the technology away. IMHO! 

actually a lot of people buy open source tech and depend on it. how do you think the internet got here? http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

As far as i know the government setup the network and it was hacked. after that there has been no stopping it. on a side note just what did the government get for it in the terms of monitary gain? that would be my point.

[ring_theory]

open source? only usefull for peer review and getting the technology to those that will use it. other than that it's a failure as a way of getting rich. no one will buy the product if you give the technology away. IMHO! 

Given the choice, I think that most folks would rather shell out a few bucks and be done with it instead of attempt to build something themselves.  Not many of these folks would even care to know how it works as long as they knew they were saving money in the long run.  12:00 

well I'm going to test this theory. i'm going directly into manufacturing and selling my generators. gotta love ebay. as the inventor that has open sourced his inventions, it is only fair that i be the first to offer it as a finished product.

[hydrocontrol]

well I'm going to test this theory. i'm going directly into manufacturing and selling my generators. gotta love ebay.

That sounds like a very good possibility. I would rather ebay a 'working' item rather than mess around trying to decipher a patent (or online babblings) only to have it fail after weeks of work.. Been there.. Done that.. No fun.. Case in point is the numerous replications of Steven Mark's TPU without an apparent working replication. A lot of interesting results but I see no light bulbs being lighted (for more than a few seconds) after more than a year of various tries by various people. Sure it may work but chances are it is missing that one little key that no one is going to find. If Steven Mark's (or anyone else for that matter) had workings TPU's on ebay I think a lot of people (including myself) would be buying one. Yes I may eventually be able to build one but if I can buy one for a reasonable amount of money then why bother. Open sourcing can make a person money if they want to work for it. Looking forward to your ebay listing to see what you have.  Later, Tom

[FreeEnergy]

are you referring to the guy that hacked NASA? http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,1124.0.html