On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:18:33AM +0200, Rüdiger Leibrandt wrote: > I never expected that my request for advice regarding a mediaplayer could > have > such.. .explosive results. > > I agree fully with Luke in so far as the marketing of the Raspberry Pi is ... > Mis-Selling. > > Then again I know from personal experience that many companies selling > computer components don't have a clue what the stuff they sell actually do. > Traditional joke here is that a Pentium 4 makes ones surfing experience > faster. > Even my Amiga back in 2001 was overtaxing my 33k modem with ease, no Pentium > 4 > would have made filetransfers faster or a text on the net appear faster on my > screen than my 50MHz 68060 did. > Or remember AMD's "The first 64Bit PC" joke? Somehow, SGI's O² were also > personal computers, standing at the individual workplace, and they were 64Bit > untis, too.
Plenty of Alpha systems too, including some very cute tiny desktop units. Those were of course also 64bit. :) > So, I never would have thought that mis-selling is considered a fraudulent > act, and accordingly, though understanding Luke's reaction, I didn't expect > it > and it felt ... Scary. Positively, so, but still, scary. > > After going over the layout and informations of the cubieboard I > wholeheartedly agree that it has a LOT more value for education, permitting > easy access both on software side ( Linux ) as well as the hardware side ( > clear access to various signals and buses ) thus providing more value for > education on the proframming side by reinforcing it through support for > education on the hardware side ( electronics, soldering, signal interfacing , > ... ) . I am tempted to get one. Looks nice. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130411142323.gq21...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca