Sean Moss-Pultz wrote:
Product development is messy. There are literally hundreds of components
in this device, all needing to be sourced with different lead times from
different vendors. If SDRAM becomes scarce, we suffer. If a vendor has
yield problems, so we do we.
I encourage you (and everyone else) to see this project for what it is
-- a truly unique opportunity to take part in the development of an open
phone. This is a personal dream of mine for years. Even though we've had
our fair share of delays, I'm still incredibly excited about where we
stand now.
Your support, by buying hardware, or just making constructive comments,
will allow us to grow and help change this industry. We're still small
now, but we've got grand plans ;-)
I worked in non-electronic consumer product development (many years ago)
and even that's messy; I can just imagine the intricacies of trying to
ship something with that many supplier dependencies when you don't have
the supplier pull of somebody like Dell or Lenovo.
Even though I'm not a linux kernel hacker, I'm glad to be part of this
project in my own little way. If you just want to buy a phone that will
work for you today, this is NOT (yet) the project for you; go to your
corner telephone store. If you want to have a chance at changing the way
the cell phone game works, maybe this is the project for you. But it
will take time.
Thanks to everybody at OpenMoko!
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