Hi On 30 May 2016 at 00:00, Tony Anderson <tony_ander...@usa.net> wrote:
> I am not sure I understand your reference to 'cheapest computers'. > The cheap computers of any year are always much slower, have less RAM, etc etc, than median computers of that year. > As far as I can tell, the Raspberry Pi Zero is a scam. > I didn't understand this at all, but after some web searches, I guess you mean that (per http://betanews.com/2015/12/17/the-5-dollar-raspberry-pi-zero-is-too-damn-expensive/) the Pi Zero requires a bunch of peripherals that bring the Total Cost of Ownership up to the same as a regular Pi. Thanks for bringing this to my attention :) > The pocketchip illustrates > the problem with the Raspberry Pi. Once you add the components needed to > make a useful, deployable computer - the cost is greater than that of > an XO. > I still don't understand this, though. What do you think the cost of an XO is, and what do you think the cost of a Pi is, and what do you think the cost of a PocketCHiP is? > I have yet to see a computer on the market that offers the capabilities of > the XO for olpc deployments. > Are XOs on the market? > On a separate note. I looked at the Vision proposal. It certainly deserves > a close look. However, I tried to find out what are 'best practices' only > to > be shown a perfect example of very bad practice. I followed a series of > links only to find not one explained what a best practice is or who decides > on > what is 'best'. I hope we can do a better job of documentation than that. > I agree the link wasn't totally clear, so I added a direct link to the page to https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/ -- Cheers Dave
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