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FTA: from booking factory time to purchasing the chips — fell to the relatively modest resources of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a charitable body initially fu

FTA: from booking factory time to purchasing the chips — fell to the relatively modest resources of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a charitable body initially funded by loans from Upton and five other trustees. "That would have been fine at 10,000 boards [...]" So right in the article he admits that they were funded for 10,000 boards yet they are surprised they sold 1,000? Considering how Raspberry Pi has been plastered all over HN from day one, it's not a surprise at all.

jlgreco 14y ago
I don't know why you are so insistent having an uncharitable interpretation of the article. "The first inkling of the fervour the credit card-sized board would create came in May 2011, when the first public outing of the Pi in a BBC video generated some 600,000 views on YouTube. Upton and his colleagues revised their initial run of boards up to 10,000, thinking that would be more than enough to meet demand." There initial plans were to produce far less than 10k. They were surprised when they had to adjust their plans up to 10k, and surprised again to learn that their estimations were grossly inaccurate. Also, the earliest story here about the Raspberry Pi was from 2 years ago. "Day one" for them was 5+ years ago.
- IheartApplesDix 14y ago
  But they went public with it on May 2011 and made their decisions based on that. You're ignoring the fact that they are a well funded startup with industry ties to large chip manufactures.
  - jlgreco 14y ago
    Yes... when they went public they were surprised by the demand and changed their plans. I really have no idea what in the world you think you are getting at. edit: Ah, nice comment history. Not all there in the head I take it.
    - IheartApplesDix 14y ago
      What's wrong with my comment history and why do you feel you need to reduce yourself to ad hominem? I already stated my point. That his article is an advertisement and offers no new information and doesn't belong on HN, and that Raspberry Pi is being falsely modest about their success because they have a lot of resources.
      - jlgreco 14y ago
        If you think an article is not best for HN, flag it and move on. Personally I found it to contain plenty of interesting information. Funding should by no means make you take success for granted, it is idiotic to think otherwise. Your comment history looks like the comment history of a troll. I'm probably wasting my time here.
        IheartApplesDix 14y ago
        > Funding should by no means make you take success for granted Nice strawman. You are obviously the troll here.

jlgreco 14y ago

I don't know why you are so insistent having an uncharitable interpretation of the article. "The first inkling of the fervour the credit card-sized board would create came in May 2011, when the first public outing of the Pi in a BBC video generated some 600,000 views on YouTube. Upton and his colleagues revised their initial run of boards up to 10,000, thinking that would be more than enough to meet demand." There initial plans were to produce far less than 10k. They were surprised when they had to adjust their plans up to 10k, and surprised again to learn that their estimations were grossly inaccurate. Also, the earliest story here about the Raspberry Pi was from 2 years ago. "Day one" for them was 5+ years ago.

IheartApplesDix 14y ago
But they went public with it on May 2011 and made their decisions based on that. You're ignoring the fact that they are a well funded startup with industry ties to large chip manufactures.
- jlgreco 14y ago
  Yes... when they went public they were surprised by the demand and changed their plans. I really have no idea what in the world you think you are getting at. edit: Ah, nice comment history. Not all there in the head I take it.
  - IheartApplesDix 14y ago
    What's wrong with my comment history and why do you feel you need to reduce yourself to ad hominem? I already stated my point. That his article is an advertisement and offers no new information and doesn't belong on HN, and that Raspberry Pi is being falsely modest about their success because they have a lot of resources.
    - jlgreco 14y ago
      If you think an article is not best for HN, flag it and move on. Personally I found it to contain plenty of interesting information. Funding should by no means make you take success for granted, it is idiotic to think otherwise. Your comment history looks like the comment history of a troll. I'm probably wasting my time here.
      - IheartApplesDix 14y ago
        > Funding should by no means make you take success for granted Nice strawman. You are obviously the troll here.