Crow:
That's not really in the spirit of the Arduino Open Source philosophy.
Are we going to get a share of the Kickstarter profits?...R
Ah, I wasn't aware that any information anyone learns in this forum bans them from attempting to achieve success in any area in which microcontrollers are used, or requires the fruits of their labors to be divided by everyone who has ever taught us anything.
It's bad enough that this is no longer the "land of opportunity", and ambition and brains aren't enough to succeed anymore without large amounts of luck. It's sadder still when anyone who tries gets mocked & insulted.
Was there ever a time in history when luck was not at least an element of success to some degree? The old 'the right idea at the right time' thing. There are new internet billionaires created every year here in the USA, so I don't think your negative assessment of the current state of opportunity is very creditable on it's surface, but perhaps you could explain in more detail why this is no longer the case?