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

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From: Klaus Kragelund
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:21
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On 8 Mar., 22:17, keithr <ke...@nowhere.com.au> wrote:
> On 9/03/2012 8:02 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
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> > delay comments:
> >http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/03/08/1413227/raspberry-pi-prod...
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> >http://www.element14.com/community/message/46805
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> > 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:
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> > 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!
> > ====================================
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> > Cheers Don...
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> > ====================================
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> 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.- Skjul tekst i anførselstegn -
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> - Vis tekst i anførselstegn -


Because he sells the Arduino that has less performance at a higher
price and he will loose busyness if the Raspberry Pi succeeds. Envy...
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From: Klaus Kragelund <klauskvik@hotmail.com>
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