ZDNet interview

17th of January 2013 by liz

We’ve been looking forward to the publication of this interview. Nick Heath, a journalist we really enjoy talking to (largely because he’s not shy about asking awkward questions, which keeps us on our toes) spent a couple of hours with Eben at the factory last year. Figures here are a bit out of date because it’s about two months since the interview took place, and things move fast at Pi Towers. But it’s a great read, and even if you’re steeped in the Raspberry Pi project, it’s worth a look; you might learn something you didn’t know! Read more at ZDNet.

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9 comments

tzj on
January 17, 2013 at 5:14 pm said:

Eben should start that kick starter and see what happens…. would be interesting

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- liz on
  January 17, 2013 at 5:19 pm said:
  
  I think that every single person who used the word “vapourware” (with or without a “u”) last year should be mandated to put £3.14 in the hat.
  
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  - ukscone on
    January 17, 2013 at 5:47 pm said:
    
    i’d make the ones who spelt it without the U should put in more so they’ll learn how to spell proper
    
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    - Marc on
      January 17, 2013 at 6:15 pm said:
      
      Ethnocentricity at it’s finest.
      
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      - tzj on
        January 17, 2013 at 7:14 pm said:
        
        Agreed.
      - ukscone on
        January 17, 2013 at 8:07 pm said:
        
        nah it’s “taking the p*** out of our colonial cousins” at it’s best and maybe a bit of jingoism just for the hell of it.
      - Rumbust on
        January 18, 2013 at 9:24 am said:
        
        AKA humour, that thing that has been killed by overzealous PC monsters.
The OTHER Peter Green on
January 18, 2013 at 3:27 am said:

The article makes for a very interesting read, but I ragefaced that ZDNet not only did that stupid thing where websites inflate their view count by artificially breaking articles into multiple “pages”, but did so IN THE MIDDLE OF SENTENCES! D:

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Jungle-Boogie on
January 18, 2013 at 7:44 am said:

I think I found one of the mistakes….
The 34-year-old chip architect is genuinely taken aback that demand for the Raspberry Pi proved to be orders of magnitude larger than a small pool of aspiring UK computer engineers.

No way he’s 34!! I haven’t designed squat and I’m not too far behind him in terms of age.

Congrats on all your achevements, Raspberry Pi folks!

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