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It's reasonable to assume that even though both companies were warned that traffic to their sites would skyrocket they probably wouldn't have invested in any ne
by linker3000 15y ago
It's reasonable to assume that even though both companies were warned that traffic to their sites would skyrocket they probably wouldn't have invested in any new infrastructure to just support one new product - probably more of a 'take note, grin and bear it' stance.
- linker3000 15y agoFinally got one in the shopping cart at Farnell but checkout/registering a no-go.
- solarmist 15y agoNo, but there are a lot of other things they could've done. EC2 anyone?
- linker3000 15y agoFarnell: THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER Goods Subtotal: £26.55 Basic Shipping: £0.00 VAT: £5.31 Total: £31.86 --->>> Further stock available in 30 days I'll believe it when I have the board in my hands though! Order confirmation email just come in: Description SBC, RASPBERRY PI, MODEL B Qty Ordered 1 Qty to Follow 1 Estimated Delivery W/C 12/03/2012 That's 12th March for our foreign friends -at least I hope its not 3rd Dec!!
- linker3000 15y agoAt work now (an electronics/tech company) - just been passed a message from our Farnell accounts manager; they're talking mid April for orders placed now. Looks like I may get my personal one (as above) first. Waiting for info from our RS accounts manager - RS seem a little less briefed about the whole thing - hmmm. Oh, yes - it bears repeating that RS are (and always have been) trade only and are very unlikely to take orders from individuals - for many, Farnell will be the better bet.
- Devilboy 15y agoThey did not need new hardware, just a super-streamlined single-product order page for the Pi.