The other thing is, i think it depends on what you use ataris for. Of course you will always be able to get a far better PC for your dollar than either an existing atari or a new atari upgrade. But of the small atari community left, I don't think we're staying for the power and value for money!
I'm not suggesting at all that this board is meant to expand the atari community and make it competitive with the the PC again. That is ridiculous.
I'm just interested in it - this board has been designed, which I only just found out in this post, and I thought you might be able to make a few more from the schematics seeing as they are very rare and (apparently) very expensive.
Why? The same reason vezzs hardware hacks exist, with all sorts of "stupid" upgrades. Just because...