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Re: World's Raspberry Pi supply jammed in factory blunder

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From: keithr
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:17
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On 9/03/2012 8:02 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
>
> delay comments:
> http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/03/08/1413227/raspberry-pi-production-delayed-by-factorys-assembly-flub?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2FslashdotIt+%28Slashdot%3A+IT%29#comments
>
>
> http://www.element14.com/community/message/46805
>
> and some snippets:
> ====================================
> [Chorus]
> Bye, bye Miss American Pie
> Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
> Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey in Rye
> Singin' this'll be the day that I die
> This'll be the day that I die
> ------------------------------------
> Bye Bye, my Raspberry Pi,
> I thought that I might buy you,
> but the warehouse was dry,
> those good old boys say just wait one more month,
> but you keep running into delays,
> yeah, you keep running into delays.
> ====================================
> yesterday I read a this one on Beagle Bone board:
>
> Customer: How much is a BeagleBone?
> Seller: 89 dollars.
> C: 89 dollars! But a Raspberry Pi is only $35!
> S: So why don't you buy a Raspberry Pi, then?
> C: They're out of stock.
> S: Well, if BeagleBones were out of stock, they'd be only $30!
> ====================================
>
> Cheers Don...
>
> ====================================
>
What  is it about the Pi that makes you want it to fail? Because your 
attitude seems to indicate that that is what you want.
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