Did lemaker go belly-up?

[Luc Verhaegen]

The domain lemaker seems to have lapsed.

It was there in september:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210919203228/http://www.lemaker.org/

But it was gone in november:
https://web.archive.org/web/20211110065151/lemaker.org

And so it goes...

Luc Verhaegen.

[@lex]

They started with low-cost board and the target audience was hobbyists, amateurs, and students.

They have or had really good products and high quality, so they switched to high-end boards and different target audiences, and that awkward board format.

Ohh, not saying rpi format is good.. :)

And don't forget the aggressive prices from other makers.

[Luc Verhaegen]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 06:04:51AM -0800, @lex wrote:
> They started with low-cost board and the target audience was hobbyists,
> amateurs, and students.
> They have or had really good products and high quality, so they switched to
> high-end boards and different target audiences, and that awkward board
> format.
> Ohh, not saying rpi format is good.. :)
>
> And don't forget the aggressive prices from other makers.

From where i sit, lemaker undercut cubie and olimex, in more ways than
just price.

But it goes to show how important an actual grassroots SoC community
with its own documentation is.

Luc Verhaegen.