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| Nominal Animal:
Thou Shalt Not Criticize the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the PR Division of Broadcom (with the Assistance of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory), or gnuarm Will Be Very Unhappy. :-DD |
| Siwastaja:
Also, discussion = complaining. |
| MT:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on July 16, 2023, 09:04:18 pm --- --- Quote from: mendip_discovery on July 16, 2023, 01:38:08 pm ---It is a shame that something created to help the younger generation learn about coding etc has been taken over by businesses that use them for their systems so when there were limits on parts the priority went to the business users. --- End quote --- Agreed, especially considering the RPi fundation is a fundation, non-profit org with specific goals which are definitely not helping commercial companies make a profit. I don't know how they even get away with it, but that's complex legal shit. Some will just tell you that the fundation needs to make enough revenue to keep operating and thus fullfilling its goals, and if that means selling most of their products to commercial companies, so be it. Thing is, the decision is probably not just linked to the direct revenue they make by selling their products to commercial companies, but also by just keeping some of said companies happy, so they'll keep donating large amounts of money. All large fundations have "nasty" links to for-profit businesses. --- End quote --- That's the "insiders standing joke" i heard. |
| mendip_discovery:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on July 17, 2023, 11:46:59 am ---Thou Shalt Not Criticize the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the PR Division of Broadcom (with the Assistance of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory), or gnuarm Will Be Very Unhappy. :-DD --- End quote --- Don't forget the Welsh, for if it wasnt for thier efforts these things would be made in a China. Soon they will insist on renaming them MafonPi. |
| SiliconWizard:
Don't complain too much, the RPi could be mainly financed by MS and the RPi boards would come preinstalled with Windows and no right to distribute them with any other OS. |
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