[Arm-netbook] R-Pi Only Better and More Available?

[moo cow]

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this seems to have put RPi team in panic :)

interesting Twitter message :

*RS Components* ‏@*RSElectronics* <https://twitter.com/#!/RSElectronics>
Relax @*Raspberry_Pi* <https://twitter.com/#!/Raspberry_Pi> The Androids
are not coming yet. Most VIA staff unaware of APC. $49 price applies to
10000 units. Interest expressed :-)
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The RPi, people IMHO did most everything right and for the right
reasons until their complete lack of commercial and manufacturing
experience hit them like a ton of bricks right at the end.  Since day
one other Techies seem to have had an insane jealously of them for
being brave enough to stick their necks out and being the first to
take the risk to actually do something ... its sad they have made a
right royal cock up right at the end after the hard bit has been done
so well and hopefully they can get over it and move on to design a
whole series of pi's and learn their lessons.

RS et al have not exactly covered themselves with glory either albeit
thrown in to it at the last minute .. in terms of panis .. i have had
a whole series of emails from RS and element 14 .. yep panic,
incompetance, bad management all those would fit in with what ive seen
from RS and element 14 .. but not really the pi ppl.



In terms of the via device .. why would it get anyone excited about it
?  at a retail price probably 2x the pi's if it ever sees the light of
day in its current form  .. i'd sooner pay a bit more and get
something like a 1GB SATA A10 Olimex board ;-)