>Imagine ordering parts for 100,000 boards and having 50% of your customers take their money and run, in case of a delay. That's a fairly unmanageable risk. We

>Imagine ordering parts for 100,000 boards and having 50% of your customers take their money and run, in case of a delay. That's a fairly unmanageable risk. Well assuming they're planning to produce another batch, they're already incurring some risk anyway. Allocating units out of that batch as pre-orders doesn't cost them anything, and probably improves overall sales.