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"They’ll be manufacturing and distributing the devices on behalf of the Raspberry Pi Foundation" I dont think Amazon is in the business of manufactoring hardwa

• noonespecial 15y ago
  Yes, but this was the launch being done with boards that were already built in China. What they really wanted to have happen today was to get the 10,000 units into the hands of their fans as quickly and painlessly as possible, get a polite apology to those who didn't get one, and then hit the PR bell with their big brass "sold them all in 10 minutes" hammer. "Nobody knows what the hell happened but I didn't get one" is probably not the takeaway they were hoping for on launch day.
  • Lewisham 15y ago
    Yeah, not getting one is one thing. The probably inevitable emails of "Yeah, you know we charged your credit card and said we'd ship you a Raspberry Pi... well, we're not... please wait 4-8 weeks" are far, far worse.
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