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From: "Bob Ammerman" <picram@roadrunner.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Can anyone confirm Raspberry Pi shipping ?


>> Anyway my question is:
>> If they really wanted to help others by developing cheap computer, why
>> they did not choose a really open solution( like ATMEL or similar)?
>>
> What ATMEL solution comes even close to the Broadcom for running Linux?
> Including HDMI output, etc. etc.
>
> FWIW: My take on this* is that it is an excellent idea. I'd like to see=20
> the
> Broadcom stuff open-sourced, but a binary blob is better than the
> alternative with other platforms, even if it probably restricts you to=20
> using
> Linux rather than bare iron.
>
> -- Bob Ammerman
> RAm Systems

*this =3D=3D Raspberry PI

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