how do you completely forget about the proof that 4 VRM boards were COOKING well above 40 amps with pre 95 firmware while the boards with 8 VRMs were not running amps over spec?
you still act like they were just totally dormant 4 VRMs removed when the design with 8 VRMs handled the power in spec with pre 95 firmware and the 4 VRM firmware didn't
so until they had it under spec with firmware 95, they WERE needed
that is what you keep trying to push under the rug in all your responses to this
The problem that persists with any time sensitive tech is should we make it perfect or ship it to the people and update it as we go.
The community is well aware what happens when you try to make it perfect, with some vendors delivering 14 months late.
Even Bitfury systems were not Perfect. One good thing Punin / Dave did was send extra GH/s to make up for it.
I know what it means to pull 9 day work weeks. 16 hour + work days wears down common sense, my only gripe was that I had to step in for KnC's customer support. I could only guess how many mixups they had on day 1 orders.
My concern stemmed from the lack of recourse a colleague who had lost 42 BTC due to an admitted queue mix up on the part of KnC and had his orders pushed back well beyond day 2 orders.
Everyone expects compensation. The reality is that those who had day 1 orders. They expected to receive their units mid September 2013. So I can understand those who are not thrilled of the delays. Perhaps the customers expectations were unrealistic. However KnC have made it up for some.
tl;dr sure Sam and his team had issues but in the end they delivered as well as any one would hope to expect.