On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 1:22 AM, Wookey wookey@wookware.org wrote:
+++ Aaron J. Seigo [2014-05-20 17:06 +0200]:
On Monday, May 19, 2014 16:40:17 Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross wrote:
If there was late help from extra individuals marketing and promoting eoma-* standard devices like Improv and there were magically the number of pre-orders needed would it be possible to resume makeplaylive being a client?
I would happily support this; as it is, orders are simply coming in far too slow, and are virtually non-existent from the eoma fan-club.
Hmm. I was expecting a plasma tablet announcment at some point, based on eoma-68, but apparently something has gone wrong and that's now not happenning?
aaron kindly funded the prototype development, based on the specifications that i gave him. he agreed to those specifications but it became clear later that he may not have thought through the implications at the time, as time progressed and the bar was raised by "competing" monolithic products.
so by prototype 2 when we finally had something to do software development on of the firmware, and i repeated the specification to him, to cut a long story short in effect he changed his mind and wanted a better specification.
checking the news page, i have had the first revision prototype of that new specification ready to be sent to a factory since 10 nov 2013. i mentioned that it needs around $1500 for components and PCB printing at the time.
Is that right? I feel like I've missed some important information (although I did notice this list go very quiet).
Is there going ot be a plasma tabet at some point? I have a use for one...
In the meantime my playslive card is handy, but I'm somewhat stalled on mailine sunxi support, which is coming, slowly.
I know these things are difficult - I was quite impressed that we got this far. On the other hand, having got this far it seemed likely that we would get further too...
it basically needs money, that's all. that's what it will take for the projects to continue. i've mentioned this a number of times, and as i have not yet received any responses i am earning the money myself so that i can continue.
i tried it once: i cannot do full-time project management, software development, component sourcing and hardware development *and* a full-time job without serious health consequences so it is one or the other.
so it is very simple. i will get this done; the question is whether anyone else would like to help out financially to get it done. if they do, it will get done sooner.
l.