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Originally Posted by murg
The Earl project shows how hard doing a consumer product design is if: - You have no real idea what you are doing
- You have no experience in producing such a design
- Don't have a complete plan of what you are producing
- Don't have the experience of dealing with contract manufacturers
Aside from the lack of product, Earl's biggest problem has been the complete lack of communication with their customers. Updates are few and far between. |
Yeah, I must say that I have to agree with you on all points.
I am still following the development, albeit not as closely or as enthusiastically as I did when I first backed the project. I'm still waiting patiently though, and I do hope to have an EARL sooner than later.
One positive though, is that during the "moving target" development, the team has seemed to keep abreast of advances in the tech itself. I'd be highly surprised to see EARL released with 2013 specs. We shall see what happens, I suppose.