Re: Briel Computing

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.apple2
Subject	Re: Briel Computing
Date	2015-06-03 20:29 -0400
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On Wed, 3 Jun 2015, mwillegal wrote:

> As far as I can tell, kickstarter is a store that pretends to be an 
> investment vehicle.  In the end, at best, your "investment" only returns 
> a product, not a profit.
>
>
There does seem to be that aspect to it.  Maybe not completely, but since 
it's about a specific product, there doesn't seem to be much to keep a 
company in business other than that specific product.  It does seem about 
limited production runs, get the money upfront, and then build.  I'd 
prefer to see it having longer lasting appeal, which of course requires 
products that are not specialty items.

On the other hand, the guy who couldn't get his boards off the boat (or 
whatever that problem was), he got the funding ahead of time (but without 
Kickstarter I think), then stalled in the delivery.  It is one thing to 
build a board yourself for your own use, and make something that not only 
can be produced in quantity, but all the other things that go with that 
shift to a business.

   Michael

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Re: Briel Computing oldjohnman@gmail.com - 2015-06-02 08:19 -0700
  Re: Briel Computing Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-06-02 13:28 -0400
    Re: Briel Computing David Jones <djones60@gmail.com> - 2015-06-02 13:19 -0700
      Re: Briel Computing Alexander K <macdude22spam@me.com> - 2015-06-05 09:23 -0500
    Re: Briel Computing oldjohnman@gmail.com - 2015-06-02 13:51 -0700
      Re: Briel Computing mwillegal <mike@willegal.net> - 2015-06-03 15:14 -0700
        Re: Briel Computing Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-06-03 20:29 -0400

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