Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 22:22:51 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi Message-ID: <20120310052251.GA17491@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4F5A2641.6070903@qeng-ho.org> References: <20120307204923.GA19514@hemlock.hydra> <BAY165-ds72BD008F3EF7BF61F62D8CA560@phx.gbl> <20120307214008.GA25783@hemlock.hydra> <4F5872F7.6040908@qeng-ho.org> <20120308184628.GB8035@hemlock.hydra> <4F5A1CFB.3050706@bananmonarki.se> <4F5A2641.6070903@qeng-ho.org>
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On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 03:48:17PM +0000, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 03/09/12 15:08, Bernt Hansson wrote: > >2012-03-08 19:46, Chad Perrin skrev: > >> > >>That helps me get sort of a timeline in mind, I think. > > > >The production is halted. > > > >http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/781 > > The key sentence is: > > There may now be a slight delay in later batches if there’s a problem > sourcing enough magnetic jacks (we’ve got teams hunting them down > already); all the stock of jacks we believed we had in place and > ready to turn into the ethernet ports on your Raspberry Pis turn out > not to be the correct part, so we’re having to start again and move > through the negotiating/ordering/delivery cycle as fast as we can. > > Somewhat more conditional than a simple "halted" to my eyes. That > could be me being optimistic but I hope not. The way it looks to me, it's something like "The first batch will be a bit late; later batches may be more expensive, or may not happen, or maybe they'll just be a little late -- or maybe we'll have enough of a windfall of good fortune to get back on schedule." Obviously, I'm hoping for one of the latter two, rather than the former two. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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