And people wonder why I do not recommend using these boards in products. More capacity is ramping now and so far it is looking good.
Gerald On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:03 AM, David Farning <dfarn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please correct me if I am wrong. > > At this point everyone involved in the development and manufacturing > of the BeagleBone Black is doing so at break-even or a financial loss. > This is an intentional strategy to build a critical mass of students, > hackers, and hobbyist to create an ecosystem around the development > system. > > This is a good long term strategy and a socially responsible position. > Ideally, a healthy ecosystem will continue to grow around the TI based > chip and the Circuit Co based board. > > The challenge comes, as we saw with power up and power down, when > others expect a social responsibility project to meet their needs as a > commercial product. > > Again, as I understand it, Circuit Co is at their maximum > manufacturing capacity for the BBB. Everywhere I look, the BBB is sold > out with-in hours of a distributor receiving a batch. Many of the > distributors have agree to sell one per customer until the supply > situation is resolved. > > Their goal, at this point, is to get as many units as possible into > hands of students, hackers, and hobbyists to build the ecosystem of > hardware and software developers who have a history of adding value > back into an "open" project. > > This is new ground for many people and it will take a while for > everyone to understand how the pieces fit together. The good news is > that everything on the BBB is open so anyone is welcome to manufacture > of modify it to meet their needs. > > Dave > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:56 AM, <agkr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Gerald, > > it seems getting no answer from CCo is a common experience. We have > tried on phone, cellphone, fax, email and not received any reply since 8 > weeks.As we had bought a four digit number of units in the past and about > to repeat the same, we had expected a better service. > > Also no communication on outstanding units not delivered and RMAs > > From our own production we know that customer service tends to suffer > when things run hot, but we still believe we deserve better. > > Appreciate your hint to CCo or any advise what we may do better. > > Andy > > > > -- > > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
