Very true - the path to production isn't entirely clear, since (unlike Arduino) the Raspberry Pi isn't "open source hardware". On the balance, it's still probab

Very true - the path to production isn't entirely clear, since (unlike Arduino) the Raspberry Pi isn't "open source hardware". On the balance, it's still probably a big win, though. There are a lot of people (self included) who are very interested in getting into making embedded devices, but are just getting started with electronics. Making embedded development more accessible (particularly to people with other domain expertise!) is likely to lead to cross-pollination of ideas.