I have to say thanks to Barn and his team. This has been no small undertaking and to go from sketches and CAD to a full board that's working to spec in a couple of months especially in today's BTC world should be commended.
To those of you who come in this thread to take a big dump on delays, seriously, wtf is wrong with you? I'm assuming you know nothing about supply chain, and how many many many (read: most) suppliers won't tell you they've screwed up until they've missed their date. It's all roses until then. And to be quite honest, if you can do better, go start your own group buy and build your own board, and see how much it sucks when delays happen (and at the same time, please GTFO of this thread). I respect Barn and his folks for the speed with which they're getting this thing to market, and speedbumps suck, but they happen. If you can't deal with those - if your margins are so razor thin that a week or two screws you over - you should not have been spending the money in the first place.
Keep on truckin' (as they say in the States) to this team, and look forward to seeing my boards soon.
Not wanting to defend the statements but with several big hits from nearly all the major asic manufacturers to date, I can understand the tough feelings, I too was burned big by BFL so delays scare me too... it's kind of a sticker shock that will linger and cause some level of mistrust to manufacturers when these are announced.
With that said I still strongly feel that Barntech and crew are doing great things and working very hard to get us the very best miners on the market in as timely a fashion as possible! Thanks for the hard work and I'm looking forward to putting these bad boys to action as soon as they arrive on my door step!
These miners will be one of the most efficient miners money can buy and should have a long life in a very competitive mining environment, with BTC nearing the $600 mark they should also prove to be very profitable for some time as well. I hope barntech and co are rewarded well for their effort and that they are able to continue delivering us better and better equipment in the future as well, perhaps 28nm (or less) drill boards for future generations of the product at even more cost efficiency! :-)