With Core ONE, Prusa’s Open Source Hardware Dream Quietly Dies
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Yesterday, Prusa Research officially unveiled their next printer, the Core ONE. Going over the features and capabilities of this new machine, it’s clear that Prusa has kept a close eye on the…

Sad to see them go this way, but not unexpected, thanks to the article by Josef Prusa where he complains about open source.

  • j4k3@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    6 days ago

    They haven’t been really open source for a long time. The move away from Merlin’s configurations based software and onto custom code that only a full time dev can effectively modify was a major shot against the roots of RepRap and the community around Adrian Bowyer that Joe was a part of and got him started.

    Nothing lasts forever, but the move away from open source officially marks the end of me going out of my way to purchase from them or recommend them.

    Long live the kit makers and sources like LDO and Voron. The community created the 3d printing hobby, not the companies, not some guy that throws beer parties with llamas in the Czech Republic.