Come on , its just a joke
2013/12/31 David Anders <[email protected]> > 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]> >> >>> 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]>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]. >>>> >>>> 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]. >>> >>> 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]. > 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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