19th August 2010, 12:57 PM
Jack
Archaeologists need to break out form their negative, closed narrow view of the world and look at what is happening around them. Read the Open Source section of 'The Autonomous Treasure Hunter' and pay particular attention to the Red Lake example. In many ways this is a good example of what Archaeology can achieve if it is prepared to share data.
Open Source
When you have an idea such as building an autonomous vehicle how can you do it without spending large quantities of cash, go Open Souce (OS) ?
“Times they are a changin” Bob Dylan
This subject of OS is so dam crazy. Why give away ideas, code, programs, data, for free? Thats basically what is happening in the world of “Open Source”, its 80s free gaming utopia gone mad.
“Why, Mr. Anderson, why? why, why do you do it?” Matrix Revolutions
Ideas only have a value when acted on, is this the “time value of Open Source”, a maximization of time by going OS. I keep looking at OS and try to see what its all about, where is it going.
OS example
www.diydrones.com
Product development OS variant
http://www.gizmoforyou.com
Red Lake OS variant
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=3022
Could OS end duopoly and monopolies?
When Hexagon acquired Leica in 2005 the primary reason for the acquisition was to kill off competition in machine guidance(information for inside Hexagon). Its acquisition of Rinex agricultural machine guidance in 2008 maybe the same, its very likely the Agri boys were squashing Hexagon in Australian mines hence the take over. Where is this going you may ask, extra cost on major construction projects, barriers to innovation, barriers to the developing world. Can OS bypass companies like Hexagon and put machine guidance on my bobcat for a sensible price?
Could OS philosophy be used to solve puzzles such as Atlantis?
The OS world is so dynamic its frightening, it is also rather difficult to benefit from if you try to access information in areas where you do not already have the skills to understand, modify and implement the information. OS as it appears currently is not the final utopia in my opinion; fragmentation and diversity may be a great benefit, but it also means it has lots of small spheres of influence, which are not currently penetrating much beyond the geek world.
Archaeologists need to break out form their negative, closed narrow view of the world and look at what is happening around them. Read the Open Source section of 'The Autonomous Treasure Hunter' and pay particular attention to the Red Lake example. In many ways this is a good example of what Archaeology can achieve if it is prepared to share data.
Open Source
When you have an idea such as building an autonomous vehicle how can you do it without spending large quantities of cash, go Open Souce (OS) ?
“Times they are a changin” Bob Dylan
This subject of OS is so dam crazy. Why give away ideas, code, programs, data, for free? Thats basically what is happening in the world of “Open Source”, its 80s free gaming utopia gone mad.
“Why, Mr. Anderson, why? why, why do you do it?” Matrix Revolutions
Ideas only have a value when acted on, is this the “time value of Open Source”, a maximization of time by going OS. I keep looking at OS and try to see what its all about, where is it going.
OS example
www.diydrones.com
Product development OS variant
http://www.gizmoforyou.com
Red Lake OS variant
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=3022
Could OS end duopoly and monopolies?
When Hexagon acquired Leica in 2005 the primary reason for the acquisition was to kill off competition in machine guidance(information for inside Hexagon). Its acquisition of Rinex agricultural machine guidance in 2008 maybe the same, its very likely the Agri boys were squashing Hexagon in Australian mines hence the take over. Where is this going you may ask, extra cost on major construction projects, barriers to innovation, barriers to the developing world. Can OS bypass companies like Hexagon and put machine guidance on my bobcat for a sensible price?
Could OS philosophy be used to solve puzzles such as Atlantis?
The OS world is so dynamic its frightening, it is also rather difficult to benefit from if you try to access information in areas where you do not already have the skills to understand, modify and implement the information. OS as it appears currently is not the final utopia in my opinion; fragmentation and diversity may be a great benefit, but it also means it has lots of small spheres of influence, which are not currently penetrating much beyond the geek world.