On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:06 AM, AlgoMantra <algomantra@gmail.com> wrote:

Well, multiplicity of options should be available, for the simple reason that...well, lets say I am in India,

but Arduino was designed in Italy, so there is a good chance that some key component will not be readily
or cheaply available to me here (India). 

Surely the chances of being able to find compatible components generally decreases proportional to

the number of different standards.