[Arm-netbook] Rhombus-Tech/allwinner a10 introduction at the Beijing LUG

[Tom Cubie]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:26 PM, lkcl luke <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Tom Cubie <mr.hipboi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 2012/3/9 Henrik Nordström <henrik at henriknordstrom.net>
> >>
> >> fre 2012-03-09 klockan 02:29 +0000 skrev lkcl luke:
> >>
> >> >  edit - let's help tom out here.  qingpei thank you, i've put those 3
> >> > points on the page as a start.
> >>
> >> I added recommendations on how to hold presentations based on what you
> >> wrote and my own experiences.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Henrik
> >
> >
> >
> > It's so kind of you guys, i have made the slides for the talk.
> >
> > http://elinux.org/images/9/9e/Eoma68.pdf
> >
> > What do you guys think?
>
>  looks great!  comments:
>
>  * please don't make comparisons to the raspberrypi.
>  * also it's not $15 USD *price* - we're aiming for a BOM of $15.
>  * please _really_ don't say "it's a race" or "it's a competition"
>  * some of the images are stretched
>

That page is the headline(with link) of the report of eoma on the web.
I intended to correct the wrong impression of eoma if people read that.
Fine, i will remove that page.



>  * can you please use "lkcl" not "LKCL" :)
>

OK :)


>
> so.
>
> just:
>
> * "Rhombus Tech aims to provide GPL-compliant low-cost open hardware"
> * "Aiming for a BOM of $USD 15 for a GNU/Linux Computer"
> * "Small form-factor Modular Computer (Credit-card size)"
> * remove comparisons "another beagleboard or raspberrypi", images are
> nice though.
>
> i'd also put in an extra slide (Page 6) which says:
>
> User-facing EOMA-68 Options
> -------------------------------
>
> * User-facing end of EOMA-68 Card can have sockets
> * Space limit is 55mm by 4.8mm
> * Examples
>  - HDMI (2nd simultaneous display from EOMA-68 RGB/TTL Interface)
>  - Audio (SPDIF, Headphones, Mic etc.)
>  - Micro SD (extra storage)
>  - USB-OTG (also for Power and Charging)
>  - Video input (if supported by the CPU)
>  - Anything else that fits into a 4.8mm height.
>
>
This page is added.


>
> l.
>
> p.s. the concept of "competition" was introduced into european society
> by way of the ancient greeks, who inspired the romans: the romans then
> conquered pretty much all of europe by way of doing things like
> killing every 10th man in their *own* army ("decimation") if they ever
> lost a battle.  in ancient greece, the fundamental basis of their
> athletics competitions was that the (sole) winner was praised, and the
> "losers" were *MOCKED*.  not only did the winner stand alone but the
> "losers" were also denigrated and made to feel alone.  not a
> particularly good system on which to found an entire society or to use
> as inspiration for an entire continental culture, methinks.
>
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Thank you for your comments, i really appreciate.


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