On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 1:14 AM, Karl Karpfen <[email protected]> wrote: > It may not be relevant for hobbyists that always want to have the latest > hardware and replace their board every month, but it is HIGHLY relevant for > all kinds of industry usage where a hardware needs to stay available and > stable over a longer period. There it does not matter when the device itself > is a bit outdated, it would be much more expensive for companies to change a > whole machine just because a simple controller board is no longer available.
Right, and it leads to a paradoxical situation where old, slow hardware is much more expensive than shiny new, fast hardware--there are many hidden costs involved in guaranteed multi-year availability. The industry is willing to pay for such guarantees, but most of the people on this list are not so inclined. -- 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/d/optout.
