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			If the Pandora would be made by IBM, Dell, Apple or any other 'big box' company then I would definitely be p*ssed and accuse them of serious bad communication skills, just because those have vast resources and heaps of people who are payed $$ because they are supposed to know this kind of stuff and have their contacts because they do this stuff on "daily basis". If apple launches a product and gives a sell date then you expect this to be correct (and even they fail)
		
		
	 
Just to let you know, IBM has plenty of people paying for products before they are even created.  Now, for having over 10,000 employees in one city, not including the world, let me put this into perspective.
1. Some companies (Intel, Cisco, AMD, for example) pay in advance for future said product (server) stating 2 years they will receive their product.
2. IBM begins work.
3. A year to a year and a half later after hundreds or thousands of people develop this server from the ground up, mass production begins within their company.
4. Marketing begins as mass production runs for other sales.
5. Everyone gets a product at the same time.
Now, for OpenPandora:
1. Users (investors from here out) pay in advance for future said product (Pandora).
2. OpenPandora crew begins work.
3. Communication with investors begin detailing progress.
   3a. Financial delays due to retarded banks.
   3b. Robbed blindly from retarded company for nub designing and manufacturing.
   3c. Chinese delays
   3d. Chinese delay a year later, same time.
4. A year later, after 6 people have worked hard to design their product, mass production begins.
5. Since no in-house production team is available, outside production is necessary and can cause delays due to others' schedules.
6. A year and half to two years later, mass production is finished, mass shipping begins.
7. Mass marketing begins along with more mass production.
8. Everyone is happier.
The reason you cannot compare IBM production to OpenPandora is that IBM makes a $20bln profit every year.  Well over $100bln in sales and services every year. They have an in-house design and manufacturing team.  They have their problems and delays, they just don't offer any information on their delays and grossly overestimate their dates.  IBM has almost 100 years of experience doing what they do.
The OpenPandora crew consists of 6 people mainly, ~$1 million in sales with ~$1.01 million in product costs.  They have 2 years of experience doing this officially.
For me, if I wanted accuracy and reliability I would go IBM, because I know what I'm getting.  Its not what I want, but I know when I'm going to get it.  OpenPandora is a new company and are working out the kinks and gaining experience.  If you didn't know what you were in for and didn't want to experience anything new, then you shouldn't have joined in the adventure at all.  I expect OpenPandora crew, with this new experience will go extremely far as long as they keep the "Open" part of their name accurate.
Noisome