Hi Paul,
On Sun, 25 May 2014 17:24:09 -0600, Paul NeoStormer paulneostormer@gmail.com wrote:
I absolutely agree with this, I have been following this product for years and I believe a crowdsourcing campaign is vital to getting this product off the ground. I would imagine pushing just the EOMA-68 card and include HDMI and powered USB-OTG cables; to start with. The have stretch goals that add a bare minimum MEB and slowly add ports to the MEB with each tier. I would recommend leaving a tablet for a separate product because then it could be marketed as working with the EOMA-68 cards that are available. Hope I'm not out of line, just a suggestion.
As far as suggestions go, I like the general idea of crowdfunding, and the MEB as a stretch goal, although the bare MEB should IMO be part of the base deal so that every funder receives self-sufficient hardware, where the only other things you need to boot (yes, pun intended) are a standard power supply and a standard micro-SD card (though they could be included in the package too, mind you).
... and I vote for two GbEs and one (or more) SATA on the MEB within the very first stretch goals. :)
Amicalement,