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Why the Arduino Won and Why It's Here To Stay

Posted by Soulskill on from the gotta-be-the-shoes dept.

ptorrone writes "For years, students, journalists, makers and old-school engineers have asked why the Arduino open source microcontroller platform has taken off, with over 100k units 'in the wild' — it's the platform of choice for many. MAKE's new column discusses why the Arduino has become so popular and why it's here to stay. And for anyone wanting to build an 'Arduino killer' (there are many) — MAKE outlines what they'll need to do."

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  1. Re:Agree, mostly. by ivucica · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do you say the same thing to the people who say "I don't like broccoli"?

    I've worked with .Net and Team Foundation and never catched the workflow. I do not claim .Net to be bad, as I have seen too much good engineering done with it, and I have seen quite a few nice tricks in both C# and the framework. I do reserve the right to dislike the general principles behind many pieces of the design and to do so passionately, while respecting the work of good people who designed C# and .Net and who use it. Dislike has very little to do with it coming from Microsoft.

  2. Re:Agree, mostly. by serviscope_minor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hate anything M$" is hardly a meaningful or valid reason.

    Unless you rephrase it as "I don't want to get locked into Microsoft products again, since I had a bad experience last time.".

    Seems meaningful and valid.

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