Sunday 24 June 2012

Facebook's Open Compute and the future of IT

The phrase "open source hardware" sounds silly. Open source software tends to come in a free version, but hardware, not so much. Yet the folks at the Open Compute Project, led by Facebook, insist on the phrase.

What they really mean is that the hardware designs, including full specs and CAD files, are open source. So why would the Open Compute Project create intellectual property of significant value and give it away?

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/cloud-computing/facebooks-open-compute-and-the-future-of-it-195102?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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