Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-04-15 Thread Anil Gupta
Satz, best for you read the post by Jason first. It lays out a clear plan to end the backlog; and a new Rev C next month with 4GB flash, Debian distribution as default. Price of new Rev C expected to be only a bit higher. This is great news as it addresses the core concerns on this thread. Anil

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-04-14 Thread Anil Gupta
The comments by Hannes are reflective of his frustration with availability, so I would take them in that spirit. A lot of people are working hard to address BBB supply. So I am sure at some point, we will hear of increased supply which will reduce frustration. Hannes: I don't know of the entire

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-17 Thread Anil Gupta
My team has looked at many alternatives... which do exist and more are likely to show up. Beaglebone Black will be competitive if price is raised to $50. It certainly won't be at $75 and its demand would plummet at that price. While BBB is a better fit for many applications: if its price goes abo

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-02-27 Thread Anil Gupta
I would once again request that as many facts as possible be published regularly. It can be weekly shipments by region, and known backlog, as inaccurate as the latter might be. In a difficult situation, without facts, anecdotes and stories will take over. As an anecdote: Adafruit doesn't take ba

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-02-26 Thread Anil Gupta
Facts, good or bad, are very helpful in such situations. Every week or every other week: it will be good to publish backlog and actual avg production rate since last report. When there is visibility into increased production, will be great to mention the increase rate and anticipated date. On

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-02-24 Thread Anil Gupta
Gerald, Your prompt and straightforward responses are reassuring, as frustrating as the current situation is. Beaglebone Black demand could approach that of Raspberry Pi--I understand 40,000 units/week of the latter are being produced in the UK alone. I hope your plan includes the ability to pro

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-02-20 Thread Anil Gupta
provide lots more facts. Dr. Anil Gupta On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:35 AM, David Anders wrote: > as gerald stated, circuitco is in full production of the beaglebone black > and continues to ship daily to a wide range of distributors. these > distributors fill back-orders first before s