[vox] Remember GumStix?

[Michael Cheselka]

Ever attempt to buy a SBC for embedded systems development?!  Expensive!

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 13:52, Bill Ward <bill at wards.net> wrote:
> I'm glad to hear that.  They are really cool, but I just had a hard time
> seeing them gaining much adoption from the business point of view.
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Michael Cheselka <cheselka at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Far from it.  We use them at work.  They are all over the place.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:23, Bill Ward <bill at wards.net> wrote:
>> > So Gumstix still exists?  Wow.  I thought at the time that it was a cool
>> > idea that was destined for failure as a commercial product...
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> For those of you who were coming to LUGOD meetings back in 2004, you
>> >> may
>> >> remember 'GumStix'.  Well...
>> >>
>> >> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3887946599.html
>> >>
>> >> ...it looks like a group is creating and selling components based on
>> >> the
>> >> device,
>> >> in kind of a collaborative/voting way (almost like how 'threadless'
>> >> tshirts are
>> >> made :) )
>> >>
>> >> http://www.gizmoforyou.com/
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> -bill!
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