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2013 was another great year for the Raspberry Pi, and 2014 is already off to an excellent start. The Raspberry Pi foundation just celebrated the second anniversary of the Raspberry Pi Model B board with the announcement that over 2.5 million Raspberry Pis "…have found homes with hobbyists, children and professional engineers around the world."
2013 was another great year for the Raspberry Pi, and 2014 is already off to an excellent start. The Raspberry Pi foundation just celebrated the second anniversary of the Raspberry Pi Model B board with the announcement that over 2.5 million Raspberry Pis "…have found homes with hobbyists, children and professional engineers around the world."
To me, two years seems even more significant than 2.5 million units. Two circles around the sun, and the Raspberry Pi is still going strong. (The foundation announced two million units back in November of 2013, so half a million Pis just sold in a little over three months.) Two years is definitely too long to call it a fad.
Whatever is causing all these people to buy the Raspberry Pi is something real. The list of customers in the Raspberry Pi Foundation announcement gives a clue to why the Pi has been so successful: "…hobbyists, children, and professional engineers around the world." Seriously, how many products out there are popular with hobbyists and children and professional engineers?
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