How many times has it been said here that the board is not supported for commercial use ? What does this mean ? It means if you use the beagleBone Black( and probably all the others, but I have not looked ) in a commercial product, you're on your own.
Pretty sure beagleboard.org pages ( among others ? ) say the exact same thing. I wonder how many time it needs to be said before it sinks in ? Am I wrong ? Maybe my English skills need polishing . . . On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Gerald Coley <[email protected]>wrote: > And people wonder why I do not recommend using these boards in products. > More capacity is ramping now and so far it is looking good. > > Gerald > > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:03 AM, David Farning <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Please correct me if I am wrong. >> >> At this point everyone involved in the development and manufacturing >> of the BeagleBone Black is doing so at break-even or a financial loss. >> This is an intentional strategy to build a critical mass of students, >> hackers, and hobbyist to create an ecosystem around the development >> system. >> >> This is a good long term strategy and a socially responsible position. >> Ideally, a healthy ecosystem will continue to grow around the TI based >> chip and the Circuit Co based board. >> >> The challenge comes, as we saw with power up and power down, when >> others expect a social responsibility project to meet their needs as a >> commercial product. >> >> Again, as I understand it, Circuit Co is at their maximum >> manufacturing capacity for the BBB. Everywhere I look, the BBB is sold >> out with-in hours of a distributor receiving a batch. Many of the >> distributors have agree to sell one per customer until the supply >> situation is resolved. >> >> Their goal, at this point, is to get as many units as possible into >> hands of students, hackers, and hobbyists to build the ecosystem of >> hardware and software developers who have a history of adding value >> back into an "open" project. >> >> This is new ground for many people and it will take a while for >> everyone to understand how the pieces fit together. The good news is >> that everything on the BBB is open so anyone is welcome to manufacture >> of modify it to meet their needs. >> >> Dave >> >> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 12:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Gerald, >> > it seems getting no answer from CCo is a common experience. We have >> tried on phone, cellphone, fax, email and not received any reply since 8 >> weeks.As we had bought a four digit number of units in the past and about >> to repeat the same, we had expected a better service. >> > Also no communication on outstanding units not delivered and RMAs >> > From our own production we know that customer service tends to suffer >> when things run hot, but we still believe we deserve better. >> > Appreciate your hint to CCo or any advise what we may do better. >> > Andy >> > >> > -- >> > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
