some info on purism

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 03:47:37AM -0300, Punk-Stasi 2.0 wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 17:14:50 +1100
> Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 06:37:34PM -0300, Punk-Stasi 2.0 wrote:
> > > 
> > > An Interview With Zlatan Todoric, Open-Source Developer & Former Purism CTO
> > > 
> > > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Zlatan-Todoric-Interview
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for the link.
> > 
> > Hardware seems tough in comparison to software.
> 
> 
> 	yeah...
> 
> 	so has purism shipped any phones? I admit I didn't bother to further investigate


Yeah, first and second series - but, for good reasons, they're a
relative trickle - i.e. just like PinePhone, for developers.


> > Greenfield is tough - so many hours by those involved, no certainty
> > of outcome (similar personal experience on this one).
> > 
> > Libre greenfield hardware on a very tight budget?  That's almost
> > miraculous if you can pull it off...
> > 
> > Looks like PinePhone is definitely worth looking at:
> >   https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/
> 
>  
> > 
> > Good luck all,
>