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Firefox OS Coming To Raspberry Pi
ControlsGeek writes Mozilla plans to build a version of its Firefox OS for use in the Raspberry Pi. Plans are afoot to build a version capable of (1) being run on the Pi hardware and (2) eventually achieving parity with Raspbian and (3) enable easy development for robotics.
The reason to get a Raspberry Pi is the software support. Sure, you can get any number of cheaper, faster boards made in china anywhere. But you basically have to build whatever your thing is from scratch. The Pi had excellent marketing and as a result is a standard device that there's tons of software for. So yes, it's not the most powerful by any stretch or even the most power for money. It's the best choice for software. It's the same reason the x86 PC "won".
It won't be long before you can get a full x86 Atom board with [everything you want] for the same price as a [leading low-power-consumption competitor]. There's Atom tablets coming out soon that include Windows and will only cost $100 with screen, case, storage, and charger included...
Don't get me wrong, the Pi is crippled by a number of software development, hardware design, and corporate policy defects, but I've been hearing for almost as long as there have been Atoms that "soon" there will be ones released that are cheap enough and low enough in power consumption to justify their existence, without actually seeing any evidence of that being likely to ever happen, popular opinion notwithstanding.