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element 14 for the win

e14 Contributor

Well it seems that element 14 has left RS Components in the dirt with this community, a store page that works and documentation and videos I think this will become the second home for the people of the raspberry after the original Raspberry Pi forum of course. So good work element 14, and now that I have kissed ass can I have one image

  • in reply to morgaine

    It seems that there will be some time before the initial demand for Pis is satisfied. It is even quite possible that, due to the media attention, this demand will even increase.

     

    It also seems that the Pi foundation plans to relase the hardware design (schematics, Gerber files etc).

     

    If they do it soon enough, all those who believe they could have done it better than the foundation, will be able to try their hand at it - arrange with a Chinese factory to manufacture 20.000 Pis for you (or 200.000), and you can properly launch them, to show the foundation and the world how it is done. You may even get some pocket money out of it, if you really do it properly.

     

    Then the foundation, relieved to find out that the production/launch/distribution of their brainchild is in good hands, will be able to concentrate on what it does best (to the best of my knowledge, they never claimed to be expert salesmen).

     

    :-)

     

    :-)

  • in reply to e14 Contributor

    Interesting point, alfon1917.  Are Farnell and RS in competition with each other on Raspberry Pi, or do they adopt a common product policy in the manner of a cartel and don't try to out-do each other?

     

    Either way, if neither of them commissions large batches to reduce the per-unit manufacturing cost and maintain stock, but instead if they both only trickle-feed the Rpi community by building to order using their "Register your interest" lists, then there will be ample room for a competitor to out-do them once the manufacturing information is available.

     

    They will lose out badly to anyone who manufactures larger batches for stock, both on price and on convenience.  Nobody likes to wait 1-2 months, or however long it takes to order and manufacture a batch of boards to order, every time they want another board.

     

    If you want an Arduino, a few clicks of your browser and it's on your doorstep the following day.  Farnell and RS are excellent at providing such next-day service (Farnell UK commonly holds over 1,000 Arduino Unos in stock), so if neither company does this for Raspberry Pi, there will clearly be something very amiss.