Michael Meeuwisse wrote: > I probably went out of line there, but in my defence it felt like you > were saying that the only way out of this loop would be some community > members jumping in and closing the gap (which I personally feel is > there), while I think that it might be wiser that you would temporarily > stop pushing for the PCB, help us catch up with documenting, and then > continue.
FWIW, I disagree. I think it makes better strategic sense to push the OGD1 PCB through to production and sale, and THEN switch over to helping with the documentation effort. Especially since I understand this is not far off. In fact, if the latest round of changes (the Gumstix stuff) is going to endanger that, I would like to make an impassioned plea to just ditch them and go towards getting that production run out the door. "A bird in the hand..." I realize that that is tough on Timothy, Andy, and Howard -- but having that first physical output from the project is REALLY important for credibility and marketing, both of OGP, and of Open Hardware as a viable endeavor. I think everybody reading this probably knows that this board is not only possible, but nearly ready to go. But there's still a lot of the world out there that will be surprised, if not *shocked* that OGP has actually produced something real and saleable. Not only will that loosen up some funding sources, to relieve some of the concerns Tim has mentioned here, but it will also encourage more interest in cooperating with the project -- which will in turn make the documentation project a little easier. Cheers, Terry -- Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
