just in case some of the folks here would like to educate themselves on what beagleboard.org is:
http://www.beagleboard.org/about On Monday, December 30, 2013 8:11:57 PM UTC-6, liyaoshi wrote: > > A part of this group interest me is about the rants > > Nest Time ,if I have chance to be abroad , I will use the skill learned > from here > > :) > > > 2013/12/31 Gerald Coley <[email protected] <javascript:>> > >> I designed the BBB. Other people design the capes. No capes come from >> BeagleBoard.org. So feel free to rant, but facts do have a place in rants. >> >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Terry Storm >> <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi William >>> >>> As I said, I have no problem with the BBB hardware. >>> I am 100% referring to the software. If the software sucks then to the >>> average Joe Bloggs the hardware then also, well, sucks. >>> If Joe Bloggs buys a BBB and a cape made by the same company, and there >>> is a recommended software to go with it which claims compatibility, then >>> Joe Bloggs would rightly expect that the BBB + CAPE + OS will run as >>> advertised, and this isnt the case. >>> >>> I personally am using but a fraction of what the BBB is capable of >>> doing, however I wouldn't have thought using a BBB made by CircuitCo and a >>> LCD Cape made by CircuitCo, running the recommended OS with everything as >>> default, and finding that the touch does not work and things like the mouse >>> pointer jumps all over the screen, kinda not fit for purpose? >>> >>> If someone like me buys a BBB + Cape and uses an OS which is recommended >>> and claims compatibility, and finds that it doesn't work for something as >>> fundamental as the touch screen, is that classed as user error? >>> >>> I personally think not. >>> >>> I stand by my comment of it being a flop, as if the company does not >>> make a profit after selling 100K of a popular product, then really... what >>> was the point. >>> And in terms of sales and people not being able to get stock, you have >>> to start to wonder how many of those are from users reading the marketting >>> and thinking that will be great, to find when they get it they have no idea >>> how to fix problems they encounter (like me) and so cannot use it as they >>> wanted to. >>> >>> Many of the happy people probably dont use Capes as you said. It just >>> sucks that the people who designed the cape also design the BBB, and they >>> dont work right purely due to the Software. BBB + LCD Cape on Android works >>> fine, so the hardware is perfectly fine, but Android is of no use to many >>> so it doesnt help much. >>> >>> Terry >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 31 December 2013 14:07:17 UTC+13, William Hermans wrote: >>>> >>>> Terry, >>>> >>>> I do realize you're mostly aiming your comments at Gerald but let me >>>> just say that I think you missed a few key points. >>>> >>>> 1) This is not a Dell or common general purpose PC. So you can not >>>> expect the same from such hardware. With that said, there is nothing wrong >>>> with the hardware. It all works fine, and actually up until recently the >>>> only thing that did not work was the SGX/DRM video drivers. Now, that has >>>> been resolved, but still in alpha / beta stage ( ish ). Different people >>>> seem to have experienced different problems here and there, but think this >>>> is very likely mostly user error. >>>> >>>> 2) Do you understand the idea of open source hardware ? *.org is >>>> usually and possibly always non profit domain name affiliation. What >>>> Gerald >>>> and his partners have planned I have no idea, but in my own mind the >>>> Beaglebone black is far from a flop. Quite the opposite actually when >>>> electronics retailers can hardly seem to keep them in stock, because they >>>> sell so fast. >>>> >>>> 3) If you can pick up a book, or read web pages you can do this >>>> yourself. Many in this group will help, even me, when you have a >>>> reasonable >>>> question to ask. >>>> >>>> Anyways it really suck that this does not seem to be working for you. >>>> Just now that many of of are perfectly happy with these little boards. >>>> Heck >>>> there are a few people who own ten's and possibly even hundred's of these >>>> very boards . . . >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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