On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:19 AM, David Rajchenbach-Teller < [email protected]> wrote:
> However, we must understand that targeting a Raspberry Pi probably means > that we are not going to have a product for end-users before a few > years, which also means little leverage on the industry. If this is not > the objective, we need to start thinking about partnerships soonish. Of > course, at this stage, we can think of partnering with start-ups which, > imho, would be much healthier than partnering with giants. > Could you elaborate on this? I'm guessing you mean to say that a Raspberry Pi isn't an "end-user" device, and so we can't just release images for RPi and call it done. However, targeting RPi as a developer device doesn't preclude us from making other consumer-oriented devices (this includes "smart TV" options like with Panasonic). Ideally, it would be like the Flame: a port that targets developers and hackers specifically. Another option is to get our code working on as many ARM boards as possible (I seem to recall some talks about partnering with Cyanogenmod?). This would make it easy for third parties to use our code. This is similar to how Kodi works: you can install it onto any system you like (Android, Windows/Mac/Linux, even as an "appliance" on x86/ARM via OpenELEC), and some companies offer pre-installed versions, e.g. the Alienware Alpha. It would probably make sense for us to be more aggressive with partnerships so that we can expand more quickly, but if we provide significant value with our software, I'm sure hardware companies will take note. - Jim
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