[Arm-netbook] Crowd Sourcing Proposal

[luke.leighton]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net> wrote:
> On 10/10/2012 06:21 PM, Alejandro Mery wrote:
>> 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.
>
> +1
>
> This is an important point. The vast majority of developers don't
> develop for the sake of development - they develop because they need
> something done.
>
> An EOMA module on it's own isn't particularly useful without an actual
> useful chassis to plug it into. Without at least one chassis type being
> readily available you don't actually have a product - you have a
> _component_.

 the micro engineering board is easy to get done, and would likely be
saleable for $10.   the mini engineering board, having things like an
LVDS converter IC, WIFI module, USB Hub and so on starts to get up to
$20 on its own, and, apart from the LVDS converter IC, really isn't
anything more than what someone can achieve with an off-the-shelf USB
hub and off-the-shelf retail WIFI USB dongle.

thoughts?

l.