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Raspberry Pi Has Gone To Manufacturing

Posted by Soulskill on from the bake-until-golden-brown dept.

alecclews writes "After weeks of waiting, the Raspberry Pi foundation, who are creating a $25 computer to bootstrap computing education, has flipped the switch on manufacturing. They had wanted to build the board in the UK but it turns out to be uneconomic."

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  1. Re:Not vapourware! by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 0, Troll

    They have already sold and shipped 8 units on ebay, for charity. Yes, for more than $25.

    The current bid is £3,500.00, and it's a bit disingenuous to say it's for "charity", it's to support the Raspberry Pi Foundation, i.e. themselves. Though the proceeds obviously *do* go to a good cause.

    As well, these are clearly *NOT* from a production run.

    This sort of thing does not really qualify as "shipped".

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  2. Re:Worrying state of affairs by swalve · · Score: 1, Troll

    This basic programming language didn't teach me advanced topics! Waaaah!