Hello All, Been a long time since I got back on the list.
Anyone ordered a Raspberry Pi? Curious to see what folks that get one end up doing with it. When I saw them announced, I was very tempted. Thanks On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Edwin Humphries < [email protected]> wrote: > Martin, > > I'd agree with you in general; however, I'm an Atrix owner, and I really > don't see how it can claim to be in any way functionally equivalent to a > > > NetSense Computers logoRegards, > Edwin Humphries > Mobile: 0419 233 051 > NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) > 79 Barney St (P. O. Box 423), Kiama, NSW, 2533 > Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 > Fax: +61 (0)2 4233 2781 > Web: > http://www.netsensecomputers.**com.au<http://www.netsensecomputers.com.au> > > > -- > This email is intended for the named addressee/s only and may contain > confidential or privileged information. If you are not a named addressee > please delete it and notify the sender. > -- > > "/At every moment he beholdeth a wondrous world, a new creation, and goeth > from astonishment to astonishment, and is lost in awe at the works of the > Lord of Oneness./" Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys > "./.. humans are interesting. With all the wonders there are in the > Universe, they invented boredom./" Terry Pratchet, Hogfather > "/The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the > source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a > stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as > good as dead: his eyes are closed./" Albert Einstein > /"Stuff your eyes with wonder ... live as if you'd drop dead in ten > seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for > in factories./" Ray Bradbury > > > On 5/03/2012 5:22 PM, Martin Visser wrote: > >> Doesn't a SoC board, with a few USB ports, ethernet, video and audio out, >> just become a PC with the addition of a USB hub providing fanout to a >> keyboard, mouse and a bit more storage? >> >> Just like the mobile device manufacturers (to wit Motorola with Atrix and >> Asus with Transformer ) want us to think, the distinct category of "PC" is >> fast disappearing. >> >> Regards, Martin >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> On 2 March 2012 07:57, Edwin >> Humphries<edwinh@**netsensecomputers.com.au<[email protected]> >> >**wrote: >> >> Sorry to be so ignorant, but I haven't heard of the Raspberry Pi before. >>> The posts seems to indicate it as a mini PC; however, it seems to be >>> just a >>> SoC board? >>> >>> NetSense Computers logoRegards, >>> Edwin Humphries >>> Mobile: 0419 233 051 >>> NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) >>> 79 Barney St (P. O. Box 423), Kiama, NSW, 2533 >>> Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 >>> Fax: +61 (0)2 4233 2781 >>> Web: http://www.netsensecomputers.****com.au<http://www.** >>> netsensecomputers.com.au <http://www.netsensecomputers.com.au>> >>> >>> -- >>> This email is intended for the named addressee/s only and may contain >>> confidential or privileged information. If you are not a named addressee >>> please delete it and notify the sender. >>> -- >>> >>> "/At every moment he beholdeth a wondrous world, a new creation, and >>> goeth >>> from astonishment to astonishment, and is lost in awe at the works of the >>> Lord of Oneness./" Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys >>> "./.. humans are interesting. With all the wonders there are in the >>> Universe, they invented boredom./" Terry Pratchet, Hogfather >>> "/The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the >>> source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a >>> stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as >>> good as dead: his eyes are closed./" Albert Einstein >>> /"Stuff your eyes with wonder ... live as if you'd drop dead in ten >>> seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid >>> for >>> in factories./" Ray Bradbury >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2/03/2012 3:40 AM, Richard Ibbotson wrote: >>> >>> On Thursday 01 March 2012 16:20:15 Geoffrey Cowling wrote: >>>> >>>> Will Microsoft be able to lock this down? >>>>> >>>>> In some ways this is a good question. As far I understand it M$ >>>> attempts to lock down the Arm platform in Europe will fail due to EU >>>> law. Not allowed to do what they want to do. Might be that under >>>> U.S. law they can do something ? Not sure about the latter. Whatever >>>> else happens they will certainly use their marketing power to drive >>>> out GNU/Linux from the ARM CPU in the way that they did from the Asus >>>> EeePC. >>>> >>>> Only Linux fans will know that Linux exists. In the U.K. the Pi is >>>> aimed at the educational market. Which is owned by Microsoft under >>>> direction from Whitehall. 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