Well the key as Paladin pointed is securing the network. I wasn't comfortable with BFL's pre-order restrictions which is why I didn't buy from them. I also was concerned about distribution of ASIC technology which we all went over ad nauseum. I feel comfortable now that there is some competition and it appears BFL has addressed previous issues.
In the end we will now see wide deployment of ASIC technology which I NEVER felt was a bad thing, as along as it was distributed widely so there was limited chance of "cornering" the mining market.
Of course people will still be pissed if there is a price war, because we all know this technology had high development cost and very low production cost after the product is developed.
This might not be great for early adopters depending on when prices drop, but it will certainly be good for the network as people will continue buying hardware as prices drop.
In the end we will see bitcoin being secured by a petahash in due time.
This is great news for any of us who believe decentralized digital currency is the people's weapon against international banking cartels.
As someone who has a few business plans for bitcoin related businesses, this is the news I had been waiting for.
+1
now we only need to get more buisnisess to accept bitcoin, as finland is at a good start im hoping atleast scandinavia will follow in there footsteps.
i live in a pretty small town, like 10k-15k ppl and ive allready talked to a few of the local shops about it, and they seem to be a bit interested
( pun intended
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would be awsome beeing able to go out and buy groceries or hardware and whatnot for bitcoins using a smartphone
Just show up and see what happens. 
