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Raspberry Pi launches its IPO (www.raspberrypi.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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It was nice knowing Raspberry Pi while they lasted. Going to suck losing something that has changed the homegrown embedded system hobby forever.

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[โ€“] Addv4 87 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Raspberry pi foundation was launched as a charity, and the end goal was to produce a ton of very cheap computers to help children learn about programming. Since then, it has been soo ubiquitous for embedded stuff that for the last couple of years they have basically become unaffordable for the very audience they were intended for. Now they are seeking an ipo because they are used in everything, except as cheap computers for children.

[โ€“] ripcord 2 points 5 months ago

Are they really used in a bunch of stuff? I still onlt see them included in hobby/homelab/maker/education stuff.