01-10-2016, 07:22 AM
(01-09-2016, 07:47 PM)paulieg Wrote: The Chinese value their reputation and a CEO would not likely want to lose face by committing and not delivering. That's what I hope anyway.
Well, I'm more concerned about another intercultural aspect. Quoting a company that produces real open source hardware and ordering the same amount of SoCs routinely compared to the Pine64 order:
Quote:as in Chinese culture is known that they never will directly say no, and will tell you what you want to hear
(https://olimex.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/...r-forever/)
What most people here forget: The Pine64 is not the first try to use an Allwinner SoC on a SBC: http://linux-sunxi.org/Category:Devices
And there's also no need to trust vague statements about a shift in mind at Allwinner due to the Pine64 starting to ship in a few months in mass production. This thread about one of the many (L)GPL violations might give a better impression what to expect: http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-...10456.html