On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Alex Harford wrote: > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:04 AM, John Ferrell w= rote: >> In fact, the Project >> has such good intentions that if I just plain lose $50, I will be more >> concerned about the folks trying to put this together. >> >> The price is like an Arduino with a lot more promise! > > One person at Olimex does not think it is so promising: > > http://www.thebackshed.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3D4748&PN=3D1 Well they would say that wouldn't they! A lot of the gripe appears to be regarding the ability to deliver at that price - when as pointed out, the two largest electronics distributors in the UK are happily taking orders at that price (and the "handling charge" comment is spurious - nothing like that appeared in my basket on Farnell). Chris --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .