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How much license fee payers money was spent on this?
by djhworld 11y ago
How much license fee payers money was spent on this?
- dan1234 11y agoProbably not too much - FTA: While the BBC instigated the project, other organisations - including the chip designer ARM, Barclays Bank, Samsung, Microsoft and Lancaster University - are also providing expertise and funds to bring the scheme to fruition. From a Wired article[0]: We wanted this to be cheap enough to give away," Baker adds. "It's our partners that are funding this, but the funding level is because this is a very low-cost venture. We've gone for that sweet spot of 'what's the minimum we can put on there that gave the maximum benefit for the kids?'" [0]http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-03/12/bbc-micro-bit-hands-on http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-03/12/bbc-micro-bit...