> assured me Joule was the future It's certain that the decision came from the finance dept, not from the sales/marketing folks. Those folks were there becau

> assured me Joule was the future It's certain that the decision came from the finance dept, not from the sales/marketing folks. Those folks were there because they truly wanted Intel to be a leader in IoT. Just like Texas Instruments failed attempts, Intel got into this game thinking they could make decent margins and that their brand would clobber the little guys (e.g. Eben and Massimo). Turns out supporting the IoT community properly actually requires passion and expensive commitment. On a side note, my take is that Arduino is quickly heading towards irrelevance. With their myriad of products they are spread too thin. New products (beginning as far back as the Yun) get very little in the way of proper support/documentation and the company infighting is a terrible distraction that is hurting the brand.