Thank you. Now I won't have to worry about ASICs making my GPU's worthless over the next few months.
I agree that these won't kill off GPUs anytime soon. In fact after getting the LA3M I've decided not to sell off my 3MH GPU rig for at least another month or two.
On what basis are you saying that the price is not worth "beta" hardware/software? From what I can see, prices are competitive on a per hash basis vs. GPU mining. You are basically trading off stability of GPU's for the lower power of the ASIC. When the ASICs become stable, their "stable" price will initially be higher on a per hash basis than GPU. Only when they can supply all the demand will the per hash price drop below GPU costs.
I'm not sure what price you paid for your devices, but at $2750USD I genuinely was expecting fewer issues. I've already had to replace a burned out PSU (tack on another $35USD). Yes you're correct in that I'm trading off watts for stability...but hopefully the next firmware release will make this all worthwhile. That combined with Jack's efforts to improve his logistics should hopefully resolve some overall problems as well for most folks.
Just because you don't have a hack doesn't mean it is closed-source. Enough code is posted for you to write your own mining program, or even a Linux version. Have at it, and please post it when you are done. The problem is, getting someone with the know how to do the hacks.
The reason I bemoan the partially closed-source approach is because there's plenty of folks here on the forums (bitcointalk and litecointalk) who've expressed interest in helping the LightingASIC team resolve bugs more quickly vs. relying upon L-ASIC to deliver. You're right though I don't have much grounds for bitching about this because I'm not a developer so its not like I could have helped them anyways.
At this point, the ASICs are unstable, but despite that, they still average 350 khs per miner for me. That includes the off-line time of the reboots. So, 2 miners have the hashing power of a R9 280x. I can set up a room full of Asics. Due to power limitations, I can't do the same with R9 280x's.
In that case you've had better luck than me...the first day or two I was seeing numbers on the dashboard in excess of 4MH...now no matter what pool or what settings I barely get to 3MH...most of the time it's somewhere between 2500-2800...so not entirely what was promised but also clearly not a total flop-show.
. I am requesting a replacement controller from jack. 
