> The product is an Open Source hardware project, which has naturally
used the
> Open Source approach to its software development as well. The IISc
has
> undertaken the devlopment, with the active cooperation of many
others. Now
> that it has reached the kickoff stage, it is possible to reach out
and
> commercialise the production. So Encore (as I understand from the
mails, I
> do not recall seeing any announcment to that effect, but then I
haven't
> surfed thru the site either for a couple of fortnights) is one of the
> companies that has decided to do this.
Encore has not one of the companies that has decided to do this after
the project is over, rather Encore has had vested interests since
begining and has been investing on the hardware heavily.
So simply put, the situation is like:
Encore developed the hardware and the IISc guys developed or rather
put together the software, there are just a few instances where the
IISc guys have litterally written the device drivers (I had
interacted with one of them, a guy called Pai, don't remember is first
name though)
> If the ex-factory cost is 3k and the retail price is 6k, does anyone
think
> this is wrong?
Vickram, the ex-factory costs can't be 3K, just the base component
costs are 3K.
As in my earlier mail, add the rest of the stuff and voila, you have a
"White Elephant".
~Mayuresh