Re: [Trisquel-users] The future of Libre Computing: Crowd Funding Campaign Starts Now

[luke . leighton]

that's for the laptop and for general-purpose computing, CalmStorm - it's a  
different focus, albeit an important one: that $100k is *gone* basically:  
it'll be used completely up for development, my living costs, to factories  
and for components.  15% goes to credit card fees and to crowd supply, so  
that brings it down to $85k.  components, shipping and PCBs etc. will be  
$52k.  that leaves $35k left for expenses, plane tickets, food, accommodation  
and another set of PCB prototypes.

what chris is talking about is that if you want there to *be* 802.11ac libre  
WIFI firmware available, if you go out there and buy from companies *other*  
than Think Penguin (because they're cheaper for example), you'll be  
financially undermining your own ability to get libre firmware in the  
future... because no other company, even those that have RYF Certification,  
has a proven and consistent track record of actually spending the money and  
time to get you the libre firmware as opposed to simply pocketing the  
profits.