[dba-Tech] The $35 Raspberry PI goes on sale today

>From the same article:

<quote>The board's other distributor, RS Components, also received a huge number of 
orders. Both companies are now taking pre-orders for the next batch of Raspberry Pis.
...
The next batch of boards is expected to go into production within the next few weeks. 
</quote>


On 29 Feb 2012 at 13:58, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Oh damn; that's it...end of Raspberry PI for any forseeable future. ;-)
> 
> Jim
> 
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> 
> Too late?
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/29/raspberrypi_mania/
> 
> The first batch of 10,000 ARM-powered Raspberry Pi computers went on sale at
> 6am GMT 
> today - and sold out within minutes.
> 
> According to distributor Premier Farnell, there were at least 600 orders,
> visits or pre-orders 
> every SECOND, producing a 300 per cent hike in web traffic. 
> 
> 
> On 29 Feb 2012 at 11:39, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> 
> > For all those waiting for the new Raspberry PI computer, it goes on sale
> > today and you should expect shipping within two weeks.
> > 
> >
> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/the-35-raspberry-pi-com
> > puter-goes-on-sale/199
> > 
> > You can pre-order/order here: 
> > http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi
> > 
> > Both companies, Premier Farnell and Element14 have distribution rights in
> > North America so there should be no issues with importing.
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
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