Official Inception Open Source Projects...
This is where things are going to get interesting. :D
Over my years at NPS/KEE I have always helped people wanting to make parts and accessories for the products I have brought to market (it's kind of how I started in this business). I am going to continue that with Inception Designs, and actually go one step further and put it into my business plan. Making files for certain parts and options open source when they aren't critical to the functionality and reputation of the core product. I am also going to make parts and components available in a "raw" state to encourage people, fields and stores to make custom versions and put their own twist onto their products. Obviously I will have finished goods too for those that just want to take it and play :)
Maybe this mindset will be a kick in the industries ass, and a paradigm shift in the industries way of thinking and bringing the industry back to the days when we worked together and everyone was more friendly. :)
Big news to follow in the next few days and as I get the forums set up here. I'm working my butt off right now, but getting there one step at a time :D
There are also many occasions where I have made parts or prototypes just for myself because I wanted them. Sometimes this ends up in industry paradigm shifting products like forcefeed loaders and sometimes it never makes it to the light of day because the "numbers just didn't make sense".
Well in the future if I have already done the work, but the "numbers" don't make sense (like the First Strike magazine for the Empire Trracer, or the bottom line kit for that gun), rather than box it away never to see the light of day, I am going to release it to the community and give it a chance at life. If the community embraces it and the open source project is a success, who knows maybe we will continue with the community and do something like a kickstarter project to bring it all the way to fruition. :tup:
I've had too many cool things stuck in a closet and not make it out. It's time for a paradigm shift and for the community to have more options and more control of the products it wants.