Re: FREE hosting platforms with PostgreSQL, Java SDK, Tomcat, ecc.?

On 7/08/2011 1:08 AM, Scott Ribe wrote:
>> After open source for the software, we will wait for open resource for the hardware (this is just a first example http://www.arduino.cc/, even if of different nature).
> While the plans may be free, the actual hardware sure as hell won't be.
>
A bit OT, but....

Arduino is not so much a "will" as an "is". It's in wide-spread use and
has even been adopted for the base of the new Android peripheral
development system - the Android Open Accessory Development Kit.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/usb/adk.html

I struggle to see any connection between Arduino and PostgreSQL, though.
They're very different kinds of free/open source, as software "is" its
specification and can be distributed at no cost, but you can't just
download a hardware device and use it.

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Craig Ringer