[clue] [RaspBerry Pi ] A report

Tue Mar 6 21:07:00 MST 2012

I think C should work.  Arch Linux has been ported to it.

On Tuesday, March 06, 2012 09:03:48 PM ed wrote:
> I may have something to add of interest to this project, but I need to
> know what language is used to program these devices.
> It is my understanding c works for this purpose.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:23 PM, YES NOPE9 <yes at nope9.com> wrote:
> > I have been following the adventures of RBPI closely.
> > I have been officially designated as a RBPI troll ( by RBPI ) since I have
> > asked them so many probing questions. About 10 prototypes have been
> > delivered for prices ranging up to $3000 on eBay. There are other
> > prototypes floating around.
> > No one has told me they have received a *production* board yet.  I have
> > asked a lot of people. The RBPI folks do not respond to my questions
> > about what they are actually shipping.  I have asked them many times.
> > There are rumours of 1,000,000 requests for the $35 RBPI board.
> > There are stories that a "soccer stadium" rush to order boards last
> > Wednesday ( Feb 29 ) crashed some websites. There is a rumour that the
> > original 10K boards were to be made in China and the effort failed. Now
> > it may be that RS and Farnell are authorized to produce boards.
> > 
> > During the last 4 months I have been wondering how Broadcom views this
> > adventure.  They have never before released chips to a small
> > manufacturer.  How will they feel if creative types modify the RBPI board
> > and start making things in volume that Broadcom did not expect ?  What
> > happens if Broadcom's OEM customers complain ?
> > 
> > The concept is great .... now to see the execution
> > 
> > Gus
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