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Is anyone else concerned about the lack of information available from the foundation recently?

GreenYamo

Up until the launch of the Pi, I thought the communication from the Foundation was brilliant. First class and an example to other similar projects.

 

However, since the launch day, there seems to have been a deafening roar of....silence.

 

I can appreciate that things can (and have) go wrong and I think most people can live with that, as long as they are kept informed. It is a game changing product and every project like this is going to hit snags.

 

What I can't seem to understand is the fact that at the moment, there is very little information coming from the Foundation, and I think this may even extend to keeping Farnell informed. I know that they will say there are no updates, first 10,000 is still be fixed etc, but even this is an update of a kind.

 

I also find it hard to believe that there isn't more granular information available, appreciating that the Foundation and / or Farnell can't be 100% open for business reasons. I think the lack of hard, official communication from the Foundation is leading to a lot of unnecessary but justified annoyance on the part of us, the customer and also a lot speculation based on half truths, but this is going to happen (to my mind) to fill the vacuum left by the official sources ?

 

So, is it just me ?

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  • I have to confess I'm somewhat disappointed with the way this has gone in the past few weeks.

     

    I registered with Raspberry Pi on their site some time ago, and put myself on the list for the product, as did others that I know. But I've heard absolutely nothing from them, and nor has anyone else I have kept in contact with. I was most surprised to read reports in the press recently that units have actually been shipped to end customers, and even more so when I went to the site only to find it had been blanked out and viewers referred to RS and Farnell.

     

    I did like the charitable aspirations of the project. Very much so. But for them to then go and involve two large distributors, one of which must be just about the most mercenary in the electonics business, seems to be sending mixed messages - to put it mildly.

     

    I hope I am wrong, but the ideals that were set out only a comparatively short time ago seem doomed. Anyway, we can judge by what happens to the pricing over the medium/long term, and who the deliveries are prioritised to. Will the people who demonstrated their support early on be supported in turn? Judging by the lack of feedback to those who registered, and recent developments,I wouldn't like to rely on it.

     

    I suspect there is such a large amount to be gained by those with business interests, that we will be fed with some 'interesting' stories over the coming months to justify policy changes.

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  • I have to confess I'm somewhat disappointed with the way this has gone in the past few weeks.

     

    I registered with Raspberry Pi on their site some time ago, and put myself on the list for the product, as did others that I know. But I've heard absolutely nothing from them, and nor has anyone else I have kept in contact with. I was most surprised to read reports in the press recently that units have actually been shipped to end customers, and even more so when I went to the site only to find it had been blanked out and viewers referred to RS and Farnell.

     

    I did like the charitable aspirations of the project. Very much so. But for them to then go and involve two large distributors, one of which must be just about the most mercenary in the electonics business, seems to be sending mixed messages - to put it mildly.

     

    I hope I am wrong, but the ideals that were set out only a comparatively short time ago seem doomed. Anyway, we can judge by what happens to the pricing over the medium/long term, and who the deliveries are prioritised to. Will the people who demonstrated their support early on be supported in turn? Judging by the lack of feedback to those who registered, and recent developments,I wouldn't like to rely on it.

     

    I suspect there is such a large amount to be gained by those with business interests, that we will be fed with some 'interesting' stories over the coming months to justify policy changes.

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