On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:47:55AM -0400, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > There is a common refrain on this list, "Vote with your Dollars". We'll I'm > going to put my money where my mouth is. > > The EOMA-68 effort is something I've spoken on before. It's a real earnest > attempt to put together a hardware project that meets the ideals of the free > software community. It's matter of principle, much like recycling is matter > or principle (recycling is not cheaper then new materials). > > https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop > > I've been watching Luke, the project lead, fail and succeed in various ways > for nearly 5 years now. He's had hardware prototypes built, small > productions runs of the A20 card done.
I must admit that having read his longwinded rants, he is among the few people I have considered teaching my email program to flag as "Warning: Potential troll" so I have a warning before reading it. His ideas are rather far fetched, he manages to really piss people off with his demands for them to do things to solve his problems, and I am not convinced the problems he is trying to solve are really worth the bother. > This is a early adopter scenario, it's going to be rough around the edges, > and it's not going to be the fastest hardware. But it's got the heart. > > Spend sometime reading into the details. > > https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/fsf-ryf-background > > In Five years, I've not seen Luke give up. He's finally found a partner > company with a good track record (Think Penguin). And the design is done and > tested. It just has to be built in mass. > > I'm not asking that folks go for the laptop. But maybe just a Card, and a > Cable Set for Standalone Operation. The costs of Hardware won't come down > until we show that we are willing to put a down payment on future we've been > asking for. > > I'm backing this project, not because its the cheapest, or the fastest. But > because I want to see more projects like in the future that will be faster > and possibly cost competitive in the market. I certainly won't be bothering. There are much more interesting bits of hardware I could get. -- len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
