Re: rPI Goes Public

On 6/17/24 2:36 AM, Richard Kettlewell wrote:

not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:

 From the side of software development, I can see how their original
charity status might have motivated programmers to contribute to
improving open-source software support for the first Pis more than
for competitors that were always for-profit organisations.

 Not impossible, but remember that the early history of Linux and the GNU
project is of volunteers building software for computers that were very
much manufactured for profit.

   Yea, but the PSYCHOLOGY intrudes here. The BOX is
   considered just the "underlying engine". One main
   idea behind Linux was a free/open *OS*, not "free
   computers".
   But, yea, SOME will still be put off by rPI going
   public, at least shorter term. SOME of the software
   for the PIs is "customized" to best suit the boards,
   and thus major profiteering from the boards IS a
   bit of a downer.
   My big gripe though isn't the PI per-se, but the Pi5
   reliance on the not/never-ready-for-prime-time
   Deb WORM. Four of the five main things I do with
   PIs would NOT work with WORM. Went to BeeLink boxes
   and Manjaro instead.
   Deb, PLEASE, FIRE the Canonical REJECTS you hired !!!