[Arm-netbook] Crowd Sourcing Proposal

[Alejandro Mery]

On 11 October 2012 14:37, Alejandro Mery <amery at geeks.cl> wrote:
> On 11 October 2012 14:15, luke.leighton <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> eoma68-a10 + mini is good. let's aim for that

err. I meant to say micro :< I'm messing those two everytime :\

eoma68-a10 + MICRO.