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0 pointsandrewstuart3y ago0 comments

An uplifting quote from: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/raspberrypi

"Raspberry Pi wasn't invented to boost shareholder value or turn its founders into billionaires: it was created as a charity to increase the number and calibre of students applying to study computer science at Cambridge, to give young people access to programmable hardware at a low price, and to equip a new generation"

Whereas Raspberry Pi today:

"We're selling to industrial buyers."

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thereisnospork3y ago

That was 10 years ago; those then-students are now engineers. This is what success at equipping a new generation looks like - the transition of needing tools to do stuff with[0] and not just play with and learn on.

[0]"Industry"

monocasa3y ago

I mean, most educational tools don't just decide to give up on students when the first cadre age out.

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