[Gta04-owner] Status of the GTA04 Group Tour

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi Kevin,

Am 16.03.2012 um 01:31 schrieb Kevin Hremeviuc:

> Hi,
> I just made a donation but I had issues with country selection and it looks like VAT is being charged even though I am in Australia. There may need to be a manual correction done

thank you very much!

> on the order..

unfortunately it is our German Tax system. We only have taxfree exports of goods or services - and a donation isn't a goods or service that can be exported :(
That will be something I will try to change in my next life when becoming a politician or lawyer...

Nikolaus

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Kev
> 
> From: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com>
> To: List for communicating with real GTA04 owners <gta04-owner at goldelico.com>; List for Openmoko community discussion <community at lists.openmoko.org> 
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:49 PM
> Subject: [Gta04-owner] Status of the GTA04 Group Tour
> 
> Just two weeks left over to get subscribers, makes me think
> that it is time to look at the order indicator.
> 
> We have achieved 41%.
> 
> This is a big step forward after the 25% during FOSDEM time
> and shows that we have a growing support. Thanks to all
> those who see a future for the GTA04!
> 
> On the other side it is not realistic to hope to reach the
> 100% goal by end of March.
> 
> Should we now - just as the GTA04 is gaining speed,
> getting working distributions like QtMoko and SHR with
> some remarkable features (e.g. 10-20 seconds boot time),
> Replicant/Android just starting - so should we now cancel
> the group tour if we don't reach the 100% goal?
> 
> I think: no.
> 
> This means, we will produce boards for all these preorders,
> independently from the final outcome by end of March.
> 
> And it means that you can still subscribe.
> 
> It has only one major issue: the financial side.
> 
> The idea of the group tour was to raise the production
> batch size into a range where component cost comes
> down allowing the preorder price incl. early bird rebate
> (449/474/499 EUR) to cover all known (and some unexpected)
> cost.
> 
> But with the lower number of units, the component cost
> raises by approx. 20%. So we have a funding gap of
> approx. 100 EUR per board.
> 
> Golden Delicious Computers can compensate a little
> but this is also getting to its limits.
> 
> Since I think it would be unfair to ask all subscribers
> to pay more - and I am sure that not everyone could
> afford that - a better approach is just to ask for (additional)
> donations to fill that gap as good as possible.
> 
> So if you think the GTA04 project deserves to survive,
> please make donations through:
> 
> http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04%3ADonation
> 
> Any amount (in increments of 1 EUR) is welcome.
> 
> As a bonus we offer to the first one who donates:
> 1000 EUR:    the first GTA04A2 board (there exists only one)
> 800 EUR:    the first GTA04A3 board (has a OMAP3530 processor, no UMTS but otherwise works fine)
> 500 EUR:    a Letux 380 Linux Quadband smartphone sample with OMAP730 with integrated GSM/GPRS baseband (www.letux.org)
> 300 EUR:    a Letux 400 MIPS based MiniPC (we still have some in stock collecting dust)
> 
> Sorry that we don't have a better solution than to start
> fund-raising, but it is a way to continue and not throw away
> what we already have achieved and disappoint those
> who already decided they want to have a GTA04.
> 
> Nikolaus
> 
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