He started a computing REVOLUTION—then the shortage hit
Jeff Geerling2 HN recommenders · 2023–2023
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Jeff Geerling interviews Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton about the Pi shortage, the RP2040, RISC-V, the Sony investment and the origin of the name.
HN recommends it to explain why Pi supply favored business customers during the shortage, straight from a founder.
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4 comments from Hacker News
They've chosen to prioritize selling to businesses ordering hundreds of Pis for field-deployed devices, over individual hobbyists ordering single-digit quantities for tinkering and hacking ( [VIDEO] ).
There's a great interview with Eben Upton that explains a lot of this, including what "Business customers" actually are (i.e. mostly mom and pop style enterprises) [VIDEO]
This interview with one of the founders from Jeff Geerling was quite insightful, definitely check it out if you haven't already! [VIDEO]
I'm still upset that Raspberry Pi was focused on ensuring institutional customers (like these electric scooters) could order thousands of Pis, while leaving hobbyists trying to order single-digit quantities scrambling through years-long waiting lists and listings which get snapped up in seconds ( [VIDEO] ).