On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Paul Boddie paul@boddie.org.uk wrote:
On Tuesday 5. May 2015 12.00.54 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
bearing in mind that the unit cost of assembly for the EOMA68-A20 board is to be around $60 (in qty 250) and the micro-engineering board around $30 (in qty 250), those NREs above (total $6500) divided by 250 comes to an extra $26, the unit *COST* comes to an amazingly high $USD 116.
.... nothing like the $35 for a wandboard or whatever it's called, is it?
but that's just how it is.
That's why it is so worthwhile pitching this for the freedom-related benefits rather than the cost-related benefits at this point in time. After all, the unit cost of the Neo900 is probably going to end up being 700 EUR, but there wasn't a shortage of people willing to pay that amount for something that prioritises things like Free Software capabilities, openness and privacy.
If Bunnie can sell "heirloom" Novena laptops for $5000 or so apiece, there has to be some scope for headroom on the price amongst people who appreciate the nature of the effort, even amongst those of more modest means. :-)
very much appreciated the reminder of this, paul.