That should be Free Software community since most of the apps shown in there are actually under GPL licenses... Free Software is the only correct term, Open Source is just vague and misleading, even software that cannot be distributed can be called Open SOurce.
I wish I could "like this" a whole lot more. I just wish people understood what I meant when I ask if something is Free Software. Sometimes even those that know me reply with things like "yeah, I just told you it is free". It isn't one of my requirements, but I strongly prefer supporting such projects and using software made/released with such a mindset.
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An obvious option is to wait for this kickstarter to be done then pitch the idea for a Pyra SoC board to them again, and maybe mention crowdfunding it. I don't follow their product line, but if there is something more powerful that might be a good option a year or so after launch it would be nice to get them on board now, if they have already announced it. If there isn't anything specific that would be good for us, just pitch it and keep in touch until funds are available and there is greater demand for more than the OMAP5 (although I think many of us would be very happy for something vastly more powerful if we can retain decent battery life, and no fan...Steve Jobs must have crawled into my brain on that last one).Find out their (dirty?) secrets and use it for your own advantage!
One of their "secret" is to make people pay for something that will be delivered in 2017, so prices should go way down for this kind of equipment by then (basically commodity price).Find out their (dirty?) secrets and use it for your own advantage!
So how was a $50,000 goal deemed appropriate? That's enough for at best 5555 CHIPs (no way am I going to put in those periods every time) at $9; in practice it'd be less since they have pledges going to other stuff too.
Hm, "usual" pricedrop over time didn't helped much to make the Pandora actualy cheaper. ^^" Of course this CHIP will have a much larger quantity compared to the pandora but the low price is still impressive.What's known about the Allwinner CPU and the Mali GPU in relation to price/performance? 1GHz CPU for less than 9$ is actualy a strong argument (what does the OMAP 5 cost, again?)
OMAP was never a massively used chip, unlike this allwinner CPU, which is already being replaced by newer ones... seen the number of these in cheap phones I can really see big stock sales in the coming month/years
The Allwinner is an A13, which is based on an A8.
On the other hand, if you want to hack something together that needs smarts but can be headless, you really can't beat $9. It it doesn't need a screen you don't need to worry about it.I'm thinking 3D printer controller with built in slicer, simple file server, home automation system... oooo, at $9 you could put a unit in every room for decentralized control. A wifi enabled switch costs $50, and here you can build one for $14 ($9 plus a $5 relay, only $5 for each additional thing you want to switch) that can do so much more than just turn a light on or off.
