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Raspberry Pi Hits the 2 Million Mark

Posted by timothy on from the chicken-in-every-pot dept.

The Raspberry Pi project that we've been fans of for quite a while now has hit a new milestone: Today, they announced that as of the last week in October, the project has sold more than two million boards. Raspberry Pi is anything but alone in the tiny, hackable computer world (all kinds of other options, from Arduino to the x86-based Minnowboard, are out there, and all have their selling points), but the low price, open-source emphasis, and focus on education have all helped the Pi catch on. If yours is one of these 2 million, what are you using it for? (And if you favor some other small system for your own experiments, what factors matter?)

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  1. Re:Sorry, still not getting one. by maevius · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think you are an a$$hole.

    Thanks. I try...

    Stallmann's predictions have been realized again and again.

    Stallman is predicting that the world will end and is making a living off of it. And even broken clocks are correct 2 times a day.

    The enormous blob in the processor and the USB driver is indeed a real problem for the RPI. We don't know what they have stuck into the blobs for their friends from N.S.A.

    Aaah, the conspiracy theorist....
    Sure, no problem. But can you actually back your claim up with actual facts or at least a plausible theory? I mean even if it the blob keeps data in the silicon itself about how many times I masturbated, how does it send it to NSA undetected? Ethernet/wifi seems a little hard to go undetected. Maybe the processor itself acts as an antenna and sends data?