bpa wrote: > Out of curiousity,I got a CORE32 at launch price which was better value. > It sits there working, no maintenance, updates happen by themselves. As > a tinkerer, I am little annoyed it doesn;t have the latest updates and > worry what happens if Polyvection disappears - that said I have now > unused old Odroid and Cubie boards which suffered from similar issues. > > It is a conservative solution for user who want absolutely nothing to > do. Why do people pay for windowcleaners ? > For someone who wants to set up an LMS system for an elderly > parent/relative - it probably provides "peace of mind" at a small once > off price. It is probably a "long tail" solution for a small number of > users . > > Polyvection may have got their business case a bit wrong before launch > (and/or chip shortage) which resulted in the now higher price than they > first announced. They have included their own RTOS (for their own h/w > design) so that means some ongoing extra port/test costs and also may > explains few updates. > > It is good there is now a selection of very usable solutions available > for users - each of which has pros/cons : Polyvection, Max2play, > Picoreplayer, Raspbian, Windows etc. The choice is the best for years - > especially when I remember the early attempts of a cheap LMS on the > NLSU2 (nicknamed Slug for a a good reason)Low.power options for LMS have come > a long way from pogoplugs [emoji1787]
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