The Bitcoin community would welcome a competing ASIC option to BFL with open arms. If you need proof of this just check out the responses and orders going on in the Enterpoint thread for a product that barely even works. The openbitASIC discussion is another great example of people clamoring for another option. A company that does ASICs right is a company that will win loyal customers. I firmly believe people put up with BFL because the rewards currently outweigh the difficulties. Hell, I even considered purchasing a few Singles myself..
Otherwise, another mining company, regardless of how the hashes are generated, is just another mining company.
Indeed. It is always a better thing for other miners to see direct competition of mining device providers than indirect ones. We are not in a proper position to comment other ASIC vendors or producers though.
