[Arm-netbook] Crowd Sourcing Proposal

[Alejandro Mery]

On 10/10/12 19:11, luke.leighton wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Peter Steenbergen
> <p.steenbergen at j1nx.nl> wrote:
>>
>>>   so by buying this CPU Card - even if it's more expensive in lower
>>> volumes at the moment - you're helping to support us in our goal of
>>> serving millions of people, bringing them lower-cost flexible
>>> computing.
>>>
>>>   you see the difference?  hmm, i should point that out on the page,
>>> shouldn't i.
>>>
>>
>> Luke,
>>
>> Alejandro sees it. I see it, but .......
>>
>> The mass does not see it, nor do they care. And if you want to have a
>> successful crowd funding you need to aim for the masses, NOT us developers.
>
>   well... is that really true?  there's (at least) 3 groups here.
> developers (350 people on arm-netbook), intelligent-eco-conscious
> people (N people), and "everyone else" (i hesitate to use "the
> masses").

even if you focus in developers and so called intelligent-eco-conscious 
people you need to make an attractive proposal for something that can be 
used from the start for something beside collecting dust.

eoma68-a10 + mini engineering board for not much more than a cubieboard 
will probably be interesting to many eoma68-believers while waiting for 
a better card and a good eoma68 laptop. an eoma68-a10 card alone at this 
point of time is only interesting for those willing (and able) to give 
away some not-minor bucks "for the cause".

Alejandro