Raspberry Pi is preparing for an IPO in London for likely more than $500M
Raspberry Pi is preparing for an IPO in London for likely more than $500M
CEO says firm will "keep doing the same stuff," at least "while I'm in charge."
End of an era for sure. The endless march of enshitification goes on.
21Gross
14So...are there good alternatives?
8Are you using a RPI for it's GPIO pins or are you just using it as a small computer?
2I use hifiberry, which I believe uses gpio. Probably not compatible with any other board anyway.
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There are hundreds of different alternatives varying in cost, power, and configuration. Just to name a few: Arduino, ODROID, Orange Pi.
2Alternatives as far as efficiency and modularity, for sure, but I’m not sure that any other boards have the same level of documentation and support.
1Used thin clients are a great alternative, if you don't need the SBC form factor or gpio.
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God damn it
7Oh no.
6At least he is sticking to the pre-IPO CEO talking points. It's all reverse speak.
"while I'm involved in running the thing, I don't expect people to see any change in how we do things."
Ok, so things are going to change. Got it.
not-for-profit side expand by "at least a factor of 2X."
"We are going to double production and make killer profits."
after the Bloomberg story, Upton said he understood concerns about a potential shift in mission or a change in the pricing structure. "It's a good thing, in that people care about us,
"If they paid more now, just wait and see what happens when optimize manufacturing costs and triple the price for customers. Suckers."
Yeah, fuck them. They are toast.
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