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In article <95fb58fb-5288-4f2e-9c49-
e42988712d2b@q18g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, gnuarm@gmail.com says...
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> On Mar 10, 4:44�pm, David <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> > On 08/03/2012 08:21, keithr wrote:
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> > > On 8/03/2012 9:00 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
> > >> OLinuXino, a serious Rasberry Pi competitor?
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> > >> After talks at the recent Embedded conference in Germany (2012), Olimex
> > >> decided to go ahead with the production of two new boards that were very
> > >> similar to the Rasberry Pi. The first one they should have prototypes in
> > >> the coming weeks.
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> > >> The second will be 3 to 6 months before production boards will be seen,
> > >> so I won't cover it in this report, however the CPU specs on this second
> > >> board, are almost identical to the RPi microcontroller chip, and board.
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> > >> Olimex describes this board as a bridge to the linux development
> > >> community and the Duinomite/Arduino/Maple/Pinguino world of developers.
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> > >> This will be completely Open Hardware / Open Source Project, all CAD
> > >> files will be available so everyone can download modify, and use them.
> > >> Same with the software.
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> > >> More Info:
> > >>http://www.duinomite.com/olinuxino-a-serious-rasberry-pi-competitor/
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> > > I suppose that it is the most sincere form of flattery. Looks like
> > > Olimex disagrees with all those on the other thread that reckon that the
> > > Pi is a waste of time.
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> > Hmm, strangely enough there was a link in another thread here where the
> > main guys from Olimex were trashing the R-pi a bit and doubting they
> > could make it for the price.
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> > Do you think they have an ulterior motive and not exactly unbiased position?
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> I'm sure they wish they could sell 10,000 of anything in the first day
> its on the market.  Wouldn't we all?
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Ummm-it's not too hard to sell 10,000 of anything if you spec it right 
and don't  actually deliver the product!  ;-)


Mark Borgerson