Wow. As someone who is actually active in the A10 community, I know Tom and this is not a scam. Some people focus more on developing cool shit than on their website.
Seriously other than the handle hipboi/hipboy in an email address that was removed from the site yesterday, there's nothing definitively linking Cubietech/Cubieboard to Tom Cubie.
And I can't see anything about the Cubieboard on Tom Cubie's Facebook or G+. That also strikes me a little odd.
He has shared the info with people who are friends on G+. But ripping in to someone for their choice of nickname? Seriously? I've seen many worse nicknames by people in this so called startup community that seems to be more and more filled with cynicism and negativity.
Apparently if you don't use a Mac/rails/js it isn't worth looking in to.
† Message board nerd pro-tip: avoid the word "lolwut" if you want to maintain the pretense of evenhandedness.
Gather round children! This is what a two-minute scam website looks like. No effort, discrepancies everywhere (specs), technical inconsistencies (domain whois). But look somebody in a forum said it's a real person, it must be real! No.
If you charge into a site like this and trust it, you're an idiot. Your idiocy is not dependent on this one being a scam. Put the card back in your wallet and wait until the product actually exists.
And the lolwut was in keeping with the style of the handle and the website. I thought that was rather obvious and certainly wouldn't have thought it needed a sidebar conversation... But here we are.
Would you like a spade at this point?
The point is: he built a business, whatever his intentions before he started, his intentions are now in selling.