Teron CX "consumer version" soon for sale

[HyperionMP]

Seehund, one thing you consistently fail to recognise is the fact that MAI would not have been able to market these boards at this price if Eyetech would not have approached them with the AmigaOne project.

It was Eyetech that insisted on revising the specs of the board (Southbridge etc.) and who guaranteed a minimal production run.

It's Hyperion who are currently in colloboration with others doing the firmware for these boards.

I think you simply don't understand that there is now a partnership in place between Mai and Eyetech with respect to marketing these boards to different markets.

[HyperionMP]

Whatever you say Seehund.

Your comments are completely off the mark.

Hyperion is in constant contact with MAI's top-brass  as developers of the Teron CX/AmigaOne Bios.

Don't you think we have a better insight into the situation than you?

II'll reiterate it again: MAI had no intention of mass-marketing these boards prior to the Eyetech deal.

MAI produces Northbridges for use with PPC, MIPS and x86 CPU's intended for embedded systems.

The boards they had designed and  built were intended as evaluation boards to further this business, nothing more.

[HyperionMP]

Also, when you have a ready PCB layout and have even already produced this at a fab, there's no need for a "minimal production run". Welcome to the JIT production of the 21st century (or even the late 20th...). If there would be any "minimal production run", it would be done thanks to the Linux and hw/sw developer markets.

Ever heard of the need to source parts in quantity to keep costs down?

What you are proposing is economic nonsense.

And please don't start with the Linux PPC nonsense. Fact of the matter is that Linux PPC is marginal compared to Linux x86 and underdeveloped in quite a few areas.

[HyperionMP]

Saying "hi Jason, hi Vasudha, we've modified a GPLed firmware for your product, wanna have it?" doesn't mean that the already produced and available product Eyetech is buying will become... umm... produced and available just because of that.doesn't mean that the already produced and available product Eyetech is buying will become... umm... produced and available just because of that.

BH: Sorry Seehund but that comment just disqualified you as somebody you can have a reasonable discussion with.

If you really think that a company like MAI conducts business in this way, that's the end of the debate for me.

"hi Jason, hi Vasudha, we've modified a GPLed firmware for your product, wanna have it?"

Give me a break ...