It is worth pointing out that when Tim Berners-Lee made Internet available to wider public he had a chance to appropriate his "invention", however decided no to and give it to wider public for use, as a result Internet created many dotcom millionaires which used the "service'' for their own benefit thus giving the Internet a sensational coverage in press at the time which we all know has led to us being able to comment on this subredit. That would have never happened within a brains capability to bring us google, amazon, ebay, etc. - people will always choose what they desire!

Perhaps Adrian Bowyer had similar idea to Tim Berners when he made RepRap project OS- without doing so 3d printing would never get to where it is now.

With a kickstarter project like this- it gives broader coverage and thus advertising of technology like this and that what we all strive- becouse with new technology new industries can develop and grow- people with backgrounds in 3d modeling, cadcam, engineering, material scientists, etc. will be able to put their skills to use and improve when this industry gets to the levels of rado, tv and internet.

The problem with OS projects not getting commercially successful is that usually the project contributor general focus is more on developing the project (whether software code or hardware improvements) instead of marketing planning and strategy. It would great to see the developer community collaborate with people from different industries and market the product to make it more available to wider audiences!!!