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If you're in a bigger company, the IT department may have some smaller PCs like this to get rid of. Mine gave a bunch out, I have a Dell optiplex - but instead

If you're in a bigger company, the IT department may have some smaller PCs like this to get rid of. Mine gave a bunch out, I have a Dell optiplex - but instead of the thin client it's a small i3, with a 320gb hdd and 6gb ram. It's dead silent and runs all the home server things like a champ, oh - and it was free. But I'd still own a number of raspberry pis since they're great for hacking or just to support a cool mission (in my opinion).

voltagex_ 9y ago
Do the Foundation make money when you purchase a Pi?
- oblib 9y ago
  Yes. They make money on all the Raspberry Pi sold.
- lucaspiller 9y ago
  In 2015 they had a net income of £2.8m (it's a registered charity so they can't distribute profits) [0]. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06758215/filing-history/MzE1NTcxMzQ5MWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06758215/filing-h...
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    Worth noting here I feel, as a general point, that profits can't be distributed but the same monies can be paid out as wages. You can - or could last I heard - pay people million dollar wages as a UK "Charity"; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11435754/32-charity-bosses-paid-over-200000-last-year.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11435754/32-charity... quotes some £750k+ wages. Charities can make "investments" too. AFAIK the RPi foundation is completely straight in this respect, just worth mentioning the general position for UK Charities IMO.
- kingosticks 9y ago
  Yes, money they invest in their mission: > we provide outreach and education to help more people access computing and digital making. We develop free resources to help people learn about computing and how to make things with computers, and train educators who can guide other people to learn
narrowtux 9y ago
Did the same thing, used an old Dell Optiplex Mini tower, put some WD Reds inside -> Now I have a nice NAS with Plex.

voltagex_ 9y ago

Do the Foundation make money when you purchase a Pi?

oblib 9y ago
Yes. They make money on all the Raspberry Pi sold.
lucaspiller 9y ago
In 2015 they had a net income of £2.8m (it's a registered charity so they can't distribute profits) [0]. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06758215/filing-history/MzE1NTcxMzQ5MWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06758215/filing-h...
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  Worth noting here I feel, as a general point, that profits can't be distributed but the same monies can be paid out as wages. You can - or could last I heard - pay people million dollar wages as a UK "Charity"; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11435754/32-charity-bosses-paid-over-200000-last-year.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11435754/32-charity... quotes some £750k+ wages. Charities can make "investments" too. AFAIK the RPi foundation is completely straight in this respect, just worth mentioning the general position for UK Charities IMO.
kingosticks 9y ago
Yes, money they invest in their mission: > we provide outreach and education to help more people access computing and digital making. We develop free resources to help people learn about computing and how to make things with computers, and train educators who can guide other people to learn

narrowtux 9y ago

Did the same thing, used an old Dell Optiplex Mini tower, put some WD Reds inside -> Now I have a nice NAS with Plex.