On 2012-06-08, at 10:27 PM, Mark Rousell wrote:
> On 26/03/2012 19:33, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
>> "no-one received", "online videos", "founders are demonstrating", "preorder now" and "available soon" is the definition of vaporware.
>> 
>> One official vendor is:
>> http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi
>> read forum postings observe promised shipping dates in May-June.
>> 
>> Bottom line is I cannot buy it, you cannot buy it. (For "buy" == it's in my hands. Not some promise to mail it to me later).
>> 
>> K.O.
> 
> Just to update this, the Raspberry Pi is real and is now shipping. You
> can now buy it and receive it in your hands.
> 
> It looks likely to spawn a new generation of ARM-based devices in the
> same price range. I would have thought that such devices would be an
> ideal target for SL.
> 
> -- 
> MarkR
> 
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Further update:

I have a Raspberry Pi in my grubby little paws right now - so, yeah, definitely not vaporware ;)

-Chris