[Arm-netbook] Regarding Improv, EOMA68, Free Software and Open Hardware.

[joem]

On Fri, 2014-06-27 at 09:26 +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 8:11 AM, joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Luke: I got the latest board costed up and its <$50
> > per EOMA with 2GB (not going split resources
> > at this stage to make the 1GB).
> 
>  samples testing.  we cannot go to production levels without sample
> testing, 5pcs.

It costs factories between USD1000 to USD2000 to try to organise
something like this. I normally place order for between 10 and 20 pieces
to meet these expenses.

I check with them for best quantity.

> > But it comes with a lead balloon MOQ of 2000 for
> > the PCMCIA case because they are only made in Taiwan.
> 
>  litkconn is not taiwanese.  the factory's in guangdong.

Thank you, I run that past them again.