Talk:ConditionsForFabLabLabel
Via Sherry, one "riccardo_giordani@runbox.com" complained about the "conditions for FabLab label" -- but although invited could not bother to add the discussion to the relevant page. So on his behalf and because I feel the discussion is an important one, I add his complaints for everybody to react:
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From: <riccardo_giordani@runbox.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 7:02 PM
Subject: Fablab only for the rich
To: fab-info@cba.mit.edu
I would like to provide my feedback on the idea to constraint the FABLAB logo, something that I have seen done by the Island fablab :
http://www.fablab.is/w/index.php/ConditionsForFabLabLabel
A single process equal in all fablab is equal to killl any innovation . This would bring fablab to the level of a standard prototyping copyshop. all using the same 2 software and 3 machines ?
To have the same set of machines is opening a huge discussion that could be not transparet, with also including the doupts of bribery , because the machine producers are very interested, very interested. (nice roland link on island page : http://www.fablab.is/w/index.php/Portal:Equiment )
Fablab is also doing things Low cost , developing low cost process , but the direction is now to disqualify all the fablab that can not get at least 50000 Euro . Forget any African country , any poor country ...
Fablab is now only for the Rich !!!!!
Thanks Regards Riccardo .
P.S: innovation does not follow a standard process, do we want to do that ?
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