Might be good, maybe we’ll get an OS competitor then. It’s harder for hardware, but not impossible. An open source, fabless microcontroller built by a nonprofit, perhaps? A lot of universities have labs with the budget to allocate for this as part of a consortium
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I like your optimism best to look on the bright side and all— curious what do you mean by fabless? Do they not require as complex facilities because they’re a larger process or something? Or for some other reason?
I was thinking maybe there could be different SoCs or machine learning oriented hardware, and if there are multiple designs then they could be put together somewhere else. Some research labs are specializing in different types of semiconductor devices, which I think might be interesting to explore on a microcontroller
So what do we use now that Raspi has gone to shit?
Orange Pi, Pine64 sbcs, Libre Computer Board, and mini pcs
Who had broad software and driver support?
Mini PCs have the same level of software and driver support as any desktop PC, so probably even better than raspi.
When a company takes on shareholders, whatever goals, mission, or ethos they had is erased. They now exist as a vehicle to make as much money as possible at literally any cost. That's it. Was nice while it lasted.
Literally my exact first thought, but you were more eloquent.
Welp. Fuck Raspberry Pi. The entire stock market is one big scam.
Tech companies as soon as they are publicly traded:
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