> People blame the scalpers but I blame the organization for not producing enough or underpricing it. There's no "benefit to society" if people can't buy the pr

> People blame the scalpers but I blame the organization for not producing enough or underpricing it. There's no "benefit to society" if people can't buy the product. Then buy a Beaglebone? The problem that the Beaglebone folks bumped into is that if you don't make the hardware stupid cheap (<$20, and probably <$10), people won't buy it and form a community around it. Of course, if you make it too cheap, then you really don't want to sell all that many of them since you're losing money on each one.