Sam Hartman <[email protected]> writes: >>>>>> "lee" == lee jones <[email protected]> writes: > > lee> I think it might be a bad idea for the RPI2 to be used as a > lee> "freedombox". Firstly microsoft is apparently RPI's partner in > lee> any case and that could mean digital locks are forthcoming at > lee> any time. There are other alternatives out there besides. One > lee> to avoid. > > So, the rpi and rpi2 have some really major advantages.
reads like and advertisement > They are highly available. As an example last time I looked I found rpi > sellers on Amazon prime. Meaning that I can get a ready-to-use rpi > dropped off at my office tomorrow. Presumably that sort of availability > is likely to exist for rpi2. wouldn't consider availability on amazon an advantage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax > That is a huge usability advantage. > Actually being able to get the equipment without giving a new merchant > my credit card information and with one-day shipping is a major win as > an end user. don't see an advantage here either :-) privacy? > If the rpi2 is actually comperably free to other things we're looking > at, then let's not go out of our way to make freedom box hard. it isn't > If someone locks down the platform in the future, then we can > reconsider. Let's not borrow trouble from the future and harm our users > today. I really don't get it. So the only argument was buying on amazon? It really isn't hard to get a OSHW board. You even can buy them on amazon, if you insist. 0 argument(s) remaining. _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
