It has been almost impossible to buy R-PI for so long now.
The foundation say they are still manufacturing 400,000 a month - but where are they going?
Certainly not to many retailers.
Is it time to find alternatives, and walk away from R-PI?
It has been almost impossible to buy R-PI for so long now.
The foundation say they are still manufacturing 400,000 a month - but where are they going?
Certainly not to many retailers.
Is it time to find alternatives, and walk away from R-PI?
Yeah, good point.
Although it doesn;t matter what the price point is, if you can't buy them!
I’m not sure how you’d run a server on an old phone
Depends on what type of server, if you root your android smartphone it's basically a Linux device at that point, and it can run whatever server software you either compile for it or install from the android store.
This recent announcement may be of interest.
Supply chain update – it’s good news!
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/supply-chain-update-its-good-news/
100,000 units is just spin by the foundation. They'll be gone in seconds.
I dont mean any disrespect, but I find it hard to trust the foundation any more, they have followed the bucks down the rabbit holoe and forgotten about the indys and hobbyists who got them here!
100,000 units is just spin by the foundation. They'll be gone in seconds.
They're going to resellers, mostly straight to consumers and some to backlog of businesses
They are fine - but, to my knowledge, none has the same support Rpi has.
I'm not talking about help and forums, but about the operating system.
CNX Software often reviews boards like that and often the main issues are the support for the Operating Systems (or the Operating Systems available). Sometimes a login is necessary and the forums are really really slow .
It's still hard to get a RPI, but sites like rpi locator - the Twitter mainly for the alerts - can give you a hand in that. Because of them I was able to purchase two RPI4 and 2 RPI Zero W 2 last year.
IMHO, while the Raspberry Foundation can keep up with the forums, the help, the support, the tutorials and all that, they will still be #1 .
IMHO, while the Raspberry Foundation can keep up with the forums, the help, the support, the tutorials and all that, they will still be #1 .
I also think that this is their competitive advantage. Not better hardware. But consistent support, documentation, software.
The community, and amount of independent bloggers that keep their posts updated, adds to it.