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On 8/03/2012 9:28 PM, Nico Coesel wrote:
> keithr<keith@nowhere.com.au>  wrote:
>
>> On 8/03/2012 9:00 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
>>> OLinuXino, a serious Rasberry Pi competitor?
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Olimex describes this board as a bridge to the linux development
>>> community and the Duinomite/Arduino/Maple/Pinguino world of developers.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> More Info:
>>> http://www.duinomite.com/olinuxino-a-serious-rasberry-pi-competitor/
>>
>> 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.
>
> Maybe. But knowing Olimex they probably come up with a product that
> actually appeals to people who like to build stuff. Less gadget, more
> real world applications. I don't think there is a manufacturer of
> embedded development boards with a wider variety. They must be doing
> something right.
>
I think that people are missing the point with the Pi, it isn't intended 
as an embedded development board, it is a small cheap and fairly capable 
Linux system. From the specs so far, it looks the more capable of the 
two, but I'll leave judgement until I've seen both.

Hopefully both will find their audience, but I'll try the Pi first.