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Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd. finally announced

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Eben announces Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd., after over a year (incorporated Sept 10, 2012).

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4907

 

Lance Howarth (not Eben) is the Foundation's CEO.

 

You heard it first here:

http://www.element14.com/community/message/86297#86297

 

At LinuxCon last week, Eben was introduced as "RPF's Founder and Executive Director",

http://www.element14.com/community/thread/26833?start=7&tstart=0

but now we hear that Eben is "CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading)".

 

RPi.org user Heater wrote on Aug 7, 2013:

The Foundation wants to be getting on with it's educational mission not spending its resources building cheap computers for everyone.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=52064&start=2

 

Similarly, user LemmeFatale wrote in the same thread:

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is an education-focussed charity, not an organisation to be leveraged in order to obtain cheap gear unsuited to their actual goals. image

 

Similarly, JamesH wrote in the same thread:

Android was never really an option for education, so missing it isn't a problem to the Foundation.

 

Similarly, mod mahjongg wrote in the same thread:

you are talking about commercial products, forget that! the PI isn't a commercial product.

 

Maybe now that the cat is out of the bag, RPi Trading can be more forthcoming about plans for building cheap comercial computers for everyone,

and we may hear fewer claims that new things won't happen because they're not important for education or charity.

 

 

p.s.

  Lance Howarth has been a director of RPi Trading since 28 January 2013.

http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/director/7742756/lance-howarth

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  • Reasonably balanced piece from Rory Cellan-Jones at the BBC on the Pi and the lack of traction in the educational market.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24435809

     

    "But there isn't an awful lot of evidence that a computer designed for children is in the hands of many at the moment. Upton admits that this is a concern"

  • in reply to GreenYamo

    Reasonably balanced piece from Rory Cellan-Jones at the BBC on the Pi and the lack of traction in the educational market.

    There seems to be a lot unsaid in that piece.

    It says "Since then, they've been churning out as many as 12,000 a day",

    but leaves unsaid how many are made on an average day. The UK factory has

    made about 1M in about 1yr, so that works out to an average of under 3K per

    calendar day.  This average sales rate seems to be quite stable, as about 1M

    were sold in the first calendar year as well.

     

    It says:  "But before talking to Upton, we had filmed an inspiring lesson at the

    nearby St John's College School, to see an example of what can be done."

    Left unsaid is whether this was a "photo op" of what "can" be done, or an

    example of what is actually being done on a regular basis.  I think the BBC's

    previous filmings of RPi lessons have been of the "photo op" variety.

     

    It says: "But making this experience available much more widely will be a challenge."

    and "But there isn't an awful lot of evidence that a computer designed for children is in

    the hands of many at the moment. Upton admits that this is a concern - and the focus

    must now be on education."   But left unsaid is "whose" focus should now be on education.

    Eben resigned from the RPF last December, which is left unsaid, so it's odd that the BBC

    should report on his concern for the focus of the RPF.  Shouldn't they report on the concerns

    of the current RPF CEO instead?  If the Trading company's concern should now be on education,

    it's odd that the Trading company appears to be deliberately focused on non-educational features

    such as XBMC and digital signage, etc.


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  • in reply to GreenYamo

    Reasonably balanced piece from Rory Cellan-Jones at the BBC on the Pi and the lack of traction in the educational market.

    There seems to be a lot unsaid in that piece.

    It says "Since then, they've been churning out as many as 12,000 a day",

    but leaves unsaid how many are made on an average day. The UK factory has

    made about 1M in about 1yr, so that works out to an average of under 3K per

    calendar day.  This average sales rate seems to be quite stable, as about 1M

    were sold in the first calendar year as well.

     

    It says:  "But before talking to Upton, we had filmed an inspiring lesson at the

    nearby St John's College School, to see an example of what can be done."

    Left unsaid is whether this was a "photo op" of what "can" be done, or an

    example of what is actually being done on a regular basis.  I think the BBC's

    previous filmings of RPi lessons have been of the "photo op" variety.

     

    It says: "But making this experience available much more widely will be a challenge."

    and "But there isn't an awful lot of evidence that a computer designed for children is in

    the hands of many at the moment. Upton admits that this is a concern - and the focus

    must now be on education."   But left unsaid is "whose" focus should now be on education.

    Eben resigned from the RPF last December, which is left unsaid, so it's odd that the BBC

    should report on his concern for the focus of the RPF.  Shouldn't they report on the concerns

    of the current RPF CEO instead?  If the Trading company's concern should now be on education,

    it's odd that the Trading company appears to be deliberately focused on non-educational features

    such as XBMC and digital signage, etc.


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