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In article <1288.6646T728T2350@walli.uwasa.fi> pporkka@walli.uwasa.fi (Pauli Porkka) writes:
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>>There's plenty of interest from programmers, but the company producing
>>Delfina does not seem to be interested in actually supplying the
>>programmers with any prototype or development boards.
>
>>My attitude is that if they can't be bothered supplying a board to have
>>software written for it, I can't be bothered investing in a dead
>>product.
>
>Well, maybe you didn't know that the company is not a multinational
>billion dollar company able to just give the cards for free
>to everyone? Maybe there just isn't enough money in Amiga business
>for company to start throwing away thousands of dollars even

I never said that I want them to donate a card to me for nothing. What
I have in mind is what C= used to do. As a developer I was able to
negotiate a reasonable loan on new models of equipment. I would have
a board on loan for 3-6 months, at the end of this term I either had
to return the board to C= or they would invoice me for it. I can't
see why this could not be the case with other companies.

Send a Delfina board on a 6 month trial period, while I have it I will
write the software for it. If I want to keep it after 6 months I will
have to pay for it, or negotiate the exchange of the board for the
license to include the software with Delfina, or some other mutually
agreable arrangement. If on the other hand I am not impressed with
the card after 6 months, I return it then or earlier. Variations on
the theme are possible, but the basic idea is the same. It also helps
the makers of the board to do some REAL market research, to see if
people are interested in actually paying for the product.

	Peter Urbanec

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