224K views · May 18, 2023 · 37:45 · 2 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2023
Jeff Geerling interviews Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton about the Pi shortage, the RP2040, RISC-V, the Sony investment and the origin of the name.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it to explain why Pi supply favored business customers during the shortage, straight from a founder.
“This interview with one of the founders from Jeff Geerling was quite insightful, definitely check it out if you haven't already!”HN comment, 2023
“There's a great interview with Eben Upton that explains a lot of this”
Eben Upton interview explaining who the business customers are.
There's a great interview with Eben Upton that explains a lot of this, including what "Business customers" actually are (i.e. mostly mom and pop style enterprises) this video
“This interview with one of the founders from Jeff Geerling was quite insightful, definitely check it out if you haven't already!”
Insightful interview with a Raspberry Pi founder.
This interview with one of the founders from Jeff Geerling was quite insightful, definitely check it out if you haven't already! this video
Covers Raspberry Pi shortage and business-customer prioritization.
They've chosen to prioritize selling to businesses ordering hundreds of Pis for field-deployed devices, over individual hobbyists ordering single-digit quantities for tinkering and hacking ( this video ).
Background on hobbyists losing out during the Pi shortage.
I'm still upset that Raspberry Pi was focused on ensuring institutional customers (like these electric scooters) could order thousands of Pis, while leaving hobbyists trying to order single-digit quantities scrambling through years-long waiting lists and listings which get snapped up in seconds ( this video ).
