Seems to me that Upverter are solidly aiming to be a "github" in this space, after all their business model is nearly identical.
Github generally have a pretty good standing in the open source community. The reason seems to be the early open sourcing of grit and then, as their popular blog post says, "(almost) everything".[1]
Also that github don't enforce any lockin on your data (neither does Upverter from what I can see.[2])
If Upverter manage to adopt & project this same attitude (open sourcing every useful but not-core-business piece of software), I think they could turn this piece of bad publicity around. I suspect this would be to their immense benefit if they can court the open hardware community. Having people like Dangerous Prototypes supportive or neutral, rather than openly attacking them, would definitely help.
Not to mention that software for electronics nearly universally sucks (at least at FOSS & cheap levels.) Crying out for some quality products.
Github generally have a pretty good standing in the open source community. The reason seems to be the early open sourcing of grit and then, as their popular blog post says, "(almost) everything".[1]
Also that github don't enforce any lockin on your data (neither does Upverter from what I can see.[2])
If Upverter manage to adopt & project this same attitude (open sourcing every useful but not-core-business piece of software), I think they could turn this piece of bad publicity around. I suspect this would be to their immense benefit if they can court the open hardware community. Having people like Dangerous Prototypes supportive or neutral, rather than openly attacking them, would definitely help.
Not to mention that software for electronics nearly universally sucks (at least at FOSS & cheap levels.) Crying out for some quality products.
[1] http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everyth...
[2] http://blog.upverter.com/import-and-export-upverter-open-jso...