Eben Upton on 1 Million Raspberry Pi's and What's Next For the Low Cost Computer




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Summary: I had an opportunity to talk with Eben Upton, Founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. For those of you not familiar with Raspberry Pi, it was conceived by Upton in 2006 as a low-cost basic computer that would sell for the price of a text book ($25) and enable kids from nearly any socioeconomic background to have a computer. The impetus for the project was the precipitous dropoff in the quality of computer knowledge among incoming computer science applicants that Upton and his colleagues saw at the University of Cambridge's computer laboratory. Fast-forward six or so years, and the Raspberry Pi has shipped 1 million units and is selling at a volume of a couple hundred thousand a month. I decided to talk to Eben about what's next for the foundation and what he believes it's legacy will be. Enjoy! If you like this podcast, please subscribe using one of the following channels: iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nextmarket/id579455690 RSS: feeds.feedburner.com/soundcloud/JEcj or Stitcher: app.stitcher.com/browse/feed/32010/episodes