news.windingroad.com — Winding Road Magazine reports that the world's first open-source car, the ?c,mm,n? (say ?common?), was just introduced at the AutoRAI car show in Amsterdam.The project is a product of the Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment, better known as the ?Stichting Natuur en Milieu,? along with a trio of universities.
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luuvitonenMar 31, 2007
But it doesn't say "Beta" anywhere. So there!
bullsrock847Mar 31, 2007
Mainstream cars will never be open-source -- just not that kind of industry
topher06Mar 31, 2007
What do you expect from Open Source? Look at open source software, much of it (not all mind you, but much of it) is just ugly design and poor user interface. So I don't expect an open source car to look good. Open source focuses on getting something functional to the masses, they don't worry about the finer points of design. Ultimately, its up to the implementor of the open source solution to make it look good, but most times they just take the source, mod it quickly to suit their needs, and then leave the uglyness there.Anyways, from all the cool and good idea comments where, nobody has ever though about the practicality of this idea. Like anyone here will ever build their own car, open source or not. And I am not about to buy some custom open source job from some fly-by-night operation either. At least buying from a major manufacturer there are warranties and responsibilities and standards behind making and selling the cars, I expect some form of reliability and expectations of safety. Not saying that all commercial vehicles are great, and not saying all open source projects suck, but it would be suicide for a commercial operation to release a car that looked like this which is why they spend a hell of a lot of more time on design.
madmic23Mar 31, 2007
Umm.... sorry for being perverted, but the name looks more like "Semen" to me than "Common" c,mm,n
laetiporusMar 31, 2007
..environmentally-"conscience" family vehicle...WTF is that? You can write stuff on the internet without understanding English - and get paid? I must be sleepin on the intarweb cash flows.Oh yeah, "open-source car" and "open-source file-sharing app belly, belly diffilent. How will i get my "daily build" ... ?
r3zimMar 31, 2007
"M she's major ugly O she's fat and pugly. Oh my god no the cow says moo."
gurucescApr 2, 2007
I really think this is a great idea. I do agree with you about trusting a "big vendor" when buying a car but I think this could give some opportunity to a new vendor to come up to the market... saving lots of money on the early design stages. This new vendor could actually invest on making the car look nicer rather than making the things work. (And yet, this new vendor should be very careful with the license!!)Again, I think this is a great idea, I hope I see lots of new car companies... competition is always good for the costumers :)
lolo2007Sep 21, 2007
thanks
mhmdkhamisOct 11, 2007
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