On 2014-01-01 at 04:13:55 -0800, Anguel wrote: > Well, reading all those comments here about non-profit and break-even > calculations my theory is the following: > > Big TI saw the great success of the Raspberry Pi and its engaged community > so they decided to copy it. They created the "non-profit" Beagleboard.org
This theory has a problem: Beagleboard.org was born in 2008 or so, much earlier than the Raspberry (which started to be known to the public in 2011, and was available in 2012). Of course the success of the Raspberry did influence BB.org's products: back in 2008 the standard price for this kind of boards was around 150$ (e.g. the original BeagleBoard) and it had been slowly coming down to just below 100$ (e.g. the BeagleBone White): it was Raspberry and its extreme corner cutting that brought prices down below 50$, and other producers had to adapt their offerings. -- Elena ``of Valhalla'' -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
