"Wonder what the unit production cost is and how it compares to a bulk order of Arduino - strikes me that they could have fit the thing in to an existing ecosys

"Wonder what the unit production cost is and how it compares to a bulk order of Arduino - strikes me that they could have fit the thing in to an existing ecosystem and reduced the support cost" Now I've read the article, I tend to agree. The article is light on information. This description of the hardware seems contradictory to the aims of the RPi. The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python. It’s capable of doing everything you’d expect a desktop computer to do, from browsing the Internet and playing high-definition video, to making spreadsheets, word-processing, and playing games. [0] [0] http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/what-is-a-raspberry-pi/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/what-is-a-raspberry-pi/