Post by thread:[OT] I am waiting to order a RaspberryPi

#1 What do you imagine the wait time is going to be for ordering a RaspberryPi as of today ? #2 What do you imagine will happen to the evolution of the RaspberryPi over the next year ? Be easier to obtain ? harder ? cheaper ? more expensive ? when will it be possible to order 100 at a time ? gu

> #1 What do you imagine the wait time is going to be for ordering a > RaspberryPi as of today ? I don't know, but would reckon that it will take a while to fill the 100k back order that they claim. > #2 What do you imagine will happen to the evolution of the RaspberryPi > over the next year ? > Be easier to obtain ? harder ? cheaper ? more expensive ? > when will it be possible to order 100 at a time ? I suspect you could have an order for 100 on about a months delivery in about 6 months time. As to evolution of it as a device, I don't know if it will change much. If it did they would need to aim at a different market than the education market, and then a whole heap different set of criteria come into play. -- Scanned by iCritical.

> #2 What do you imagine will happen to the > evolution of the RaspberryPi over the next year ? IMHO there is a more interesting observation: when the Pi foundation and their partners can make a Linux-capable PCB for ~ $40, they can't be the only ones. And the hype around the Pi has shown that there is a marked demand for such a device. Hence: someone will make and sell such products, even if the Pi is not 100% successful (but my guess it that it will be). Check this product from Olimex (available early May): http://www.olimex.com/dev/oli_left.htm -- Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: http://www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: http://www.voti.nl/hvu C++ on uC blog: http://www.voti.nl/erblog

As a nonprofit, that presumably is making as little as one possibly can and still 'stay in business' per unit sold, there won't be competition in the foreseeable future, since it is not a business in the regular sense of the word. You can't compete with a zero margin 'business'. What is TBD is if the pi can be used in conventional for-profit products, both from a "licensing" standpoint (the Pi foundation is for educational ends, not supplying entrepreneurs) and real-world biz concerns of supply stability/longevity, FCC compliance, on and on. An "embedded Pi" or "industrial Pi" that is electrically and toolchain compatible for $99 that IS fine for business use on all fronts makes this road viable for everyone. We shall see. J Wouter van Ooijen wrote: {Quote hidden}>> #2 What do you imagine will happen to the > > evolution of the RaspberryPi over the next year ? > > IMHO there is a more interesting observation: when the Pi foundation and > their partners can make a Linux-capable PCB for ~ $40, they can't be the > only ones. And the hype around the Pi has shown that there is a marked > demand for such a device. Hence: someone will make and sell such > products, even if the Pi is not 100% successful (but my guess it that it > will be). > > Check this product from Olimex (available early May): > http://www.olimex.com/dev/oli_left.htm