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Re:Why the Best Days of Open Hardware are Yet to Come by 0x12 on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @07:34PM (#3024135)
> For example, a global economic depression would result in people keeping their possessions longer simply because they don't have the money to buy new.

That would seriously suck then because the stuff that we've got today for the most part was built with a very definite life-cycle in mind. So when you are dumped in that global recession you need the quality stuff that wasn't produced when the recession wasn't on yet and you can no longer afford its creation.

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Re:Why the Best Days of Open Hardware are Yet to Come by sliverstorm on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @10:43PM (#3024636)
That's what repairs and maintenance is about. Religiously upkeeping something you can't possibly afford to replace is how it was done for ages.
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Re:Why the Best Days of Open Hardware are Yet to Come by anchorsteam on Thursday September 22, 2011 @06:31AM (#3025555)
I feel that personal goods like clothing, shoes, hand tools, etc... were made with more durability in mind until the mid 60's or so.
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Re:Why the Best Days of Open Hardware are Yet to Come by 0x12 on Thursday September 22, 2011 @07:05AM (#3025613)
Absolutely, on top of that the stuff that is made today is not even meant to be repaired at all. It's all about the cost to the manufacturer and not falling apart until the day after the warranty expires.
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