Yes, It seems to me Olimex is realistic.
Most of all saying=20
"it all seems now to look like cheap advertising for Broadcom for their pro=
cessor."

I do not think that  publishing BCM2835 ARM Peripherals datasheet will be=20
enough for the deveopers to make programs for Raspberry.
Broadcom is known as a company( at least for me) that does not care=20
about small companies or individual programmers.
While ATMEL does. So Arduino is much better, at least in that openess.

But I would not want anyone to think I do not wish success to=20
Raspberry. ( Bible, Luke 6:38)

Anyway my question is:
If they really wanted to help others by developing cheap computer, why=20
they did not choose a really open solution( like ATMEL or similar)?




> >> The price is like an Arduino with a lot more promise!
> >
> > One person at Olimex does not think it is so promising:
> > http://www.thebackshed.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3D4748&PN=3D1
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> What he says is that he does not believe the price to be realistic.
> The big IF is whether the Pi will be reliably available in the future
> for the current price. If it is, the Olimex argument is disproven.
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