deskthority

...what?

It's always refreshing to see a mind for entrepreneurship at a young age

okay, here is the deal:

I contacted UncleFan (in china) wheter he knows someone who owns a factory who can make these. He said he contacted the PLUM CEO, who said he may be interested if he discards them. Only thing left is Ellipse's response

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Squid, Ellipse made it clear he doesn't want to sell them and wishes to discard the molds out of choice, not out of inability to find someone who'd buy them.

E3E wrote: Squid, Ellipse made it clear he doesn't want to sell them and wishes to discard the molds out of choice, not out of inability to find someone who'd buy them.

But that's not a good choice.

If ellipse wants to discard them, PLUM's CEO is interested.

This is the funniest thing that has happened to the thread, but I wouldn't mind going back to boring project updates :D

I wouldn't mind having a safe future for these keyboards, either! Not at all.

Before we talk about the future of molds in 2020 or something we should be more worried about getting a product out of this. People are waiting for years now for this bullshit "group buy".

@green-squid What you are doing is disrespectful. The business of Ellipse only concerns Ellipse. Don't go talking to others on his behalf, or at least ask to Ellipse first if he minds.

i love when deskthority doubleposts, ignore this message

green-squid wrote: I wouldn't mind having a safe future for these keyboards, either! Not at all.

do you have any idea what you are doing?

I just asked about this since the news hit me by surprise. My intention was not to do buisness behalf on him. I apologize

>do you have any idea what you are doing?

I just asked about it, and pointed out that this is NOT certain in my letter.

This may not have been such a good idea on my part..

I'm geniuenly embarassed now.

I am more than grateful what Ellipse is doing here. His wonderful work and focus on details just is astonishing. I am looking forward holding the keyboard in my hands (the one he has decided to produce and the one I decided to buy).
Thanks Ellipse for everything you do.

j0d1 wrote: @green-squid What you are doing is disrespectful. The business of Ellipse only concerns Ellipse. Don't go talking to others on his behalf, or at least ask to Ellipse first if he minds.

I asked ellipse, btw.

Anyway, I'll wait for his response on this.

green-squid wrote:

j0d1 wrote: @green-squid What you are doing is disrespectful. The business of Ellipse only concerns Ellipse. Don't go talking to others on his behalf, or at least ask to Ellipse first if he minds.

I asked ellipse, btw.

You did not wait for his response before contacting UncleFan. That's not how asking works

j0d1 wrote:

green-squid wrote:

j0d1 wrote: @green-squid What you are doing is disrespectful. The business of Ellipse only concerns Ellipse. Don't go talking to others on his behalf, or at least ask to Ellipse first if he minds.

I asked ellipse, btw.

You did not wait for his response before contacting UncleFan. That's not how asking works

My mistake. No one was hurt during the asking of this question. (hopefully...)

It seems a little bit disrespectful, in my opinion, to try to go behind somebody's back after they clearly stated their intentions. I've seen (through all the updates) how meticulous Ellipse is with this project. $400 for this keyboard is more than reasonable and I personally would hate to see a bunch of sub-par imitations come from a project that only came about to create a perfect recreation of the Model F down to IBM's strict tolerances.

FXT wrote: It seems a little bit disrespectful, in my opinion, to try to go behind somebody's back after they clearly stated their intentions. I've seen (through all the updates) how meticulous Ellipse is with this project. $400 for this keyboard is more than reasonable and I personally would hate to see a bunch of sub-par imitations come from a project that only came about to create a perfect recreation of the Model F down to IBM's strict tolerances.

Me messaging Uncle first instead of ellipse was not a good move, I agree. But my intentions were/are not to backstab him. I hope by the time he sees this, he sees that I screwed up on my part and apologized.

FXT wrote: $400 for this keyboard is more than reasonable and I personally would hate to see a bunch of sub-par imitations come from a project that only came about to create a perfect recreation of the Model F down to IBM's strict tolerances.

I also agree that he's selling it for a great price, but I also want to have these keyboards continued being made at a cheaper price, even if there's no metal plate or something.

Honestly I couldnt care less what happens to the molds, I just pray he "open sources" the design, data, schematics, whatever so that if other ambitions people come along in 30 more years we can do this again but easier lol.


But hey his property his rules, im just happy im in on this

nickg wrote: Honestly I couldnt care less what happens to the molds, I just pray he "open sources" the design, data, schematics, whatever so that if other ambitions people come along in 30 more years we can do this again but easier lol.


But hey his property his rules, im just happy im in on this

GOD BLESS open source! Seriously. While I doubt that he will open source it (since he put lots of $$ into it), I hope the molds will be safe

green-squid wrote: I hope the molds will be safe

discarding means they won't be safe .... I don't think you should hope at all.

Myoth wrote:

green-squid wrote: I hope the molds will be safe

discarding means they won't be safe .... I don't think you should hope at all.

That's why I hope he WON'T discard them!

green-squid wrote:

Myoth wrote:

green-squid wrote: I hope the molds will be safe

discarding means they won't be safe .... I don't think you should hope at all.

That's why I hope he WON'T discard them!

But he say he was going to ... I don't really see how he would changed his mind if it weren't for what you already said earlier ... which would be for this to be a huge promotional move.

In anyway, reading usually helps with understand, I don't think you should hope for something that was said to not happen ... see where I'm getting ?

Ellipse wrote: Yes after four long years the project will be ending after the final round later this year. The molds will be likely discarded, not sold.

Doesn't seem to set to me.

green-squid wrote:

Ellipse wrote: Yes after four long years the project will be ending after the final round later this year. The molds will be likely discarded, not sold.

Doesn't seem to set to me.

what could they be if they're not sold nor discarded then ? donated ?

Myoth wrote:

green-squid wrote:

Ellipse wrote: Yes after four long years the project will be ending after the final round later this year. The molds will be likely discarded, not sold.

Doesn't seem to set to me.

what could they be if they're not sold nor discarded then ? donated ?

See my previous replies to this thread!

green-squid wrote: That's why I hope he WON'T discard them!

I know how to read, but that still doesn't tell me what he could do with them if they're not sold nor discarded.