43 minutes ago, BruceMcF said:
ISo the LX8 as you are imagining it is not the same LX8 that is basically available to bring to market now, unless they decide to do a few tweaks to it.
Didn't think it was. And as I doubt there's 1000 sitting in a garage, why couldn't the design be changed before a production run was initiated?
And by the way, where did the L come from?
I hope nobody mistakes my passion for anything but that. (And incidentally, the title of this thread is a play on a theme from the 1st Clinton campaign in the 90's, I'm not calling anyone here stupid, far from it)
My expectation is not that the Commander Xwhatever takes the world by storm, but my hope is that it takes hold enough that there would be a respectable audience/ecosystem/following/what have you, that would make developing for the platform interesting, and a pleasure, and that those creations could be shared in as friction-free way as possible.
After all, a stated goal (the main goal?), is a system where it could all be understood by just 1 person.
That implies development for the platform will largely be 1 person endeavors.
People who, generally speaking, are going to be older, with appreciable limits on their free time.
2 platforms puts a strain on that free time (small/large? that will depend) , and is going to create some areas of friction in sharing of one's work, it'll just make it harder, how much harder can be argued about.
Will it be the end of the world if both are released? No. But it's just added complication, and for what benefit?
If the size of the market isn't at all a consideration, that the system is designed for the single user to just sit in their dim basement and hack around on and "learn about computing" then frankly, I'm not interested. I'll buy Ben Eater's kit for that.
I'm really going to try to make this my last post on the subject, I'm sure I've annoyed many already.
Best wishes!