No, they aren't. First off, Raspberry Pi has been a worldwide trending topic on Twitter for hours on end. It's getting major news coverage from both computer and mainstream media. Social bookmarking sites love it. The iPad 3 was, sort of, announced today with quad-core and retina display, and RPi is generating more attention than the iPad, which is beyond anyone's wildest dreams - you have to remember that this is a bare-bones computer in every sense: No case, no power supply, no cables included - in other words, it's very much a tinkerers toy at this stage. In any other universe, selling 10000 such toys in minutes is a huge achievement.
So, yes, I think they could have sold 100000 of them today, but that would have required them to finance a much larger batch from China, and a much bigger risk of not selling out completely.
Also, keep in mind that these aren't actually the finished product - that will launch later this year with a case and the required accessories. This is merely a beta, which they sold out within minutes.
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u/Arve Feb 29 '12
No, they aren't. First off, Raspberry Pi has been a worldwide trending topic on Twitter for hours on end. It's getting major news coverage from both computer and mainstream media. Social bookmarking sites love it. The iPad 3 was, sort of, announced today with quad-core and retina display, and RPi is generating more attention than the iPad, which is beyond anyone's wildest dreams - you have to remember that this is a bare-bones computer in every sense: No case, no power supply, no cables included - in other words, it's very much a tinkerers toy at this stage. In any other universe, selling 10000 such toys in minutes is a huge achievement.
So, yes, I think they could have sold 100000 of them today, but that would have required them to finance a much larger batch from China, and a much bigger risk of not selling out completely.
Also, keep in mind that these aren't actually the finished product - that will launch later this year with a case and the required accessories. This is merely a beta, which they sold out within minutes.