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10k Raspberry Pi Units Available In December

Posted by samzenpus on from the just-in-time-for-christmas dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A tweet appeared from Raspberry Pi stating the launch of the $25 PC wasn't happening in November as expected. So I decided to investigate further and contacted Raspberry Pi to see what was going on. Eben Upton was kind enough to email me back and give us some good and bad news. The bad news is: we aren't getting the $25 PC this month as expected. But that's where the bad news ends, as it is still arriving in 2011 for some people. Eben confirmed that an order has been placed for 10,000 units, but they won't arrive until the end of November. That means we will see Raspberry Pi go up for sale in December, but it won't be a typical 'get as many out the door as you can' launch. Those first 10k are earmarked for programmers as software is desperately required before a full consumer launch." Update: Apparently some of the details about the production of units and who can get one from the first batch have changed. Raspberry Pi has updated their front page with the latest information.

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  1. Clarification by ebenupton · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'd encourage people to visit www.raspberrypi.org to read the clarification we've posted. Summary

    - we're in the process of accumulating parts kits for the first 10k unit production run
    - we'll be doing a phased launch, to avoid the risk of kicking out 10k units and having them come straight back with a trivial early-life bug
    - the majority of devices will be available on a first-come first-served basis, with a small number held back for continuity of supply to key partners

    Eben Upton
    Raspberry Pi Foundation

  2. Re:Obligatory question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is Google and why should I use it?

  3. Re:Delays by ebenupton · · Score: 5, Informative

    You know how it is. Haters gonna hate :)

    In all seriousness, we haven't taken anyone's money, and have spent a lot of our own time and money on this. We've been very open with people about the challenges we face in getting something like this done, and will continue to be open in the run up to and aftermath of launch. We're big boys, and can handle the hate.

    Eben Upton
    Raspberry Pi Foundation

  4. Re:Delays by ebenupton · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Thanks for the kind words. I think we're about to learn some fun lessons about what selling tens of thousands of something involves, and we'll be doing it all in public :)

    Eben