First off, regardless of if any of those observations are true, you being a representative of the company would never admit it.  Why waste our time there, you are paid to not hold any of those views regardless of validity of lack there of.  


But let me take just this one comment above.

Response: Actually no, I never thought it was a scam.  From your FPGA line I knew BFL had the technical competency to develop an ASIC chip.  I just want to make that clear, I never have said BFL was a scam and I actually had equipment on order.

Here has been my issued and it ties into and fits with your business model from my perspective.  I have been around the block and I know how many dominate players act.  It is about trying to corner the ASIC market and be a monopoly.  I do hold and still hold that BFL intentionally announced their ASIC line with grossly overstated delivery schedules with mostly the sole reason to chill competition in the space.  I support this chilling effect by the fact you not only gave a timeline that was 10 months off the mark but also the specifications you gave made it best in class just like your FPGA line.   With the large upfront costs that go into developing an ASIC, if you would of actually delivered on time, it would of greatly reduced any ongoing competition because of BFL ability to raise the difficulty level faster than anyone else so that if you could continue to do that you would push people to develop on increasing more expensive chip sizes.  

You may want to mention that my point is valid by saying, "we have tons of competition now" but I would then point out the feeling many people had last summer when we were sure ASIC would be rolling out in Oct 2012.  Only because Avalon decided that they would do it no matter what and with your slipped delivery schedule allowed others to feel they had a chance to develop.   I know this directly because I have talked to people involved with ASIC projects, this is first hand knowledge.

Every other claim is quite small compared to this one.  You may dismiss this but I wouldn't do it to fast.  Its real and I know many very level people that hold the same feeling.  I am quite rational, ask anyone who has met me in person and if you did you would know it to be true.   At the point, I digress and will look for a response either directly or in private.  I am tired of talking about BFL, you guys will either change or not and people will either support or not.  It doesn't matter at this point, personally I hope you do change for the better because really want to embrace BFL, really.  You are part of our community love or hate and that will not change.

Thank you for your time Josh.


Cheers,
Dalkore