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General Discussion / Re: Licence Expiry and future Prices
« on: September 15, 2015, 06:43:30 pm »
I'm sure Lee is going to try to be fair to early adopters/ beta testers, but I totally agree that thought has to be given to build the network without putting people off.
Currently I guess there is a lot of interest, as it looks like a free of charge product, as far as software goes. However, it would be interesting to see what the dropout rate is once charges are made.... hopefully not too many as I am concerned the system may not grow fast enough. Depending on the growth rate, it may be worth extending the beta keys until critical mass is seen. Maybe profit can be made by selling the hardware and software as a one off purchase.
Another point that would be nice to know. If you design your own hardware (if this is planned), then what is the view of the beta units? Will the firmware be cross compatible with the RPi versions?
Currently I guess there is a lot of interest, as it looks like a free of charge product, as far as software goes. However, it would be interesting to see what the dropout rate is once charges are made.... hopefully not too many as I am concerned the system may not grow fast enough. Depending on the growth rate, it may be worth extending the beta keys until critical mass is seen. Maybe profit can be made by selling the hardware and software as a one off purchase.
Another point that would be nice to know. If you design your own hardware (if this is planned), then what is the view of the beta units? Will the firmware be cross compatible with the RPi versions?