Massimo Banzi di nuovo al comando. Ha inizio una nuova era per Arduino.

Abbiamo parlato in diversi post della lotta tra Arduino.cc e Arduino.org.
Abbiamo avuto modo di analizzare le ragioni che hanno portato alla creazione del nuovo brand Genuino.
Alla fine dello scorso anno, sembrava che Arduino e Genuino avessero trovato un accordo. Qualcosa è stato fatto dopo questo riavvicinamento, ma non molto.

Ma ora si apre una nuova era!
Massimo Banzi è tornato sul trono e BCMI, la società fondata insieme a David Cuartielles, David Mellis e Tom Igoe, co-fondatori di Arduino, annuncia di aver acquisito al 100% la proprietà di Arduino AG, la società che possiede tutti i marchi Arduino.

Ecco il comunicato stampa che ne da l’annuncio.

PRESS RELEASE

A new era for Arduino begins today

Chiasso, Italy, July 28th 2017

BCMI, the company founded by Massimo Banzi,David Cuartielles, David Mellis and Tom Igoe, co-founders of Arduino,announces that today it has acquired 100% ownership of Arduino AG, the corporation which owns all of the Arduino trademarks.

Following the acquisition, Mr. Massimo Banzi becomes the new Chairman and CTO of Arduino. Dr. Fabio Violante will be appointed as the new CEO, replacing Mr. Federico Musto who will pursue other opportunities outside Arduino AG.

“This is the beginning of a new era for Arduino in which we will strengthen and renew our commitment to open source hardware and software, while in parallel setting the company on a sound financial course of sustainable growth. Ourvision remains to continue to enable anybody to innovate with electronics for along time to come,” said Mr Banzi.

 

“I’m really excited and honoured to join Massimo, the co-founders and the amazing Arduino team as CEO. In the past two years we have worked very hard to get to this point. We envision a future in which Arduino will apply its winning recipe to democratize the Internet of Things for individuals, educators,

professionals and businesses,” said Dr. Violante.

 

About Arduino

 Arduino is the world’s leading open-source hardware and software ecosystem. The Company offers a range of software tools, hardware platforms and documentation enabling almost anybody to be creative with technology. Arduino is a popular tool for IoT product development as well as one of the most successful tools for STEM/STEAM education. Millions of designers, engineers, students, developers and makers around the world are using Arduino to innovate in music, games, toys, smart homes, farming, autonomous vehicles, and more.

About BCMI

BCMI is the the company formed in 2016 by Arduino’s co-founders Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, David Mellis, Tom Igoe, Fabio Violante and Moviri S.p.A.